The Clue
Portentous nights (4 letter answer)
The Answer
EVES
Tags
Notes
The answer EVES is seen frequently, appearing about once every 110 puzzles.
Related Clues
Arden et al.
Twilights
Arden and Merriam
Arden and others
Arden and Plumb
Arden and Queler
"___ Diary": Twain
Expectant times
Holiday times
Lead-in periods
Nights before
Preceding nights
Preceding periods
Preceding times
Preparatory times
Projecting rims
Brinks
Temporal brinks
Times of anticipation
Times in classifieds
Times to party
Times to revel
Twain's "___ Diary"
Dec. 24 and 31
December 24 and 31
First mother's namesakes
" . . . flies on summer ___": Keats
Times to call, in ads
Times in want ads
After-work times, in classifieds
Dec. 24 and 31, e.g.
Dec. 24 and Dec. 31
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"