The Clue
Motherless woman (3 letter answer)
The Answer
EVE
Tags
Notes
The answer EVE is very common and appears about once every 34 puzzles.
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Cusp
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Actress Arden
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First lady?
First mate
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Holiday preceder
Massenet oratorio
Morn's opposite
Night before
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Palindromic time
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Preceding night
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Second name
Second person
"The ___ of St. Agnes"
"The Three Faces of ___"
Time before
Time of day
Baxter role: 1950
Day's end: Abbr.
December 24 or 31
December 31, e.g.
Emerger from Adam's rib
Keats's "The ___ of St. Agnes"
Matriarch of all matriarchs
Midsummer ___ (June 23)
"The mother of all living"
Party time, maybe
Sewer of fig leaves
She raised Cain
Time to revel, perhaps
Day before a big event
"___ of Destruction," 1965 protest song
When day is done, briefly
The 31st vis-à-vis the 1st, e.g.
A pome caused her to leave home
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"