The Clue
Holiday nights (4 letter answer)
The Answer
EVES
Tags
Notes
The answer EVES is seen frequently, appearing about once every 110 puzzles.
Related Clues
12/24 and 12/31
Anticipatory times
Arden and others
Arden and Plumb
Arden and Queler
Days before
"___ Diary": Twain
Eventful times
Holiday cusps
Holiday times
Impending times
Lead-in periods
Miss Arden et al.
Morns' counterparts
Nights before
Party times
Portentous nights
Preceding nights
Preceding times
Preparatory times
Projecting rims
Times of anticipation
Times in classifieds
Times to party
Twain's "___ Diary"
Dec. 24 and 31
December 24 and 31
" . . . flies on summer ___": Keats
Lead-ins to holidays
Second person's namesakes
Times before holidays
Times to call, in ads
After-work times, in classifieds
Days before big events
When to call, in some ads
Abbr. after some telephone numbers
When to call, in some want ads
Definition
EVE as a noun:
1. (Old Testament) Adam's wife in Judeo-Christian mythology: the first woman and mother of the human race; God created Eve from Adam's rib and placed Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden
2. the day before; "he always arrives on the eve of her departure"
3. the period immediately before something; "on the eve of the French Revolution"
4. (evening, eve, even, eventide) = the latter part of the day (the period of decreasing daylight from late afternoon until nightfall); "he enjoyed the evening light across the lake"