The Clue
Preceding periods (4 letter answer)
The Answer
EVES
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Notes
The answer EVES is seen frequently, appearing about once every 110 puzzles.
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Anticipatory times
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Arden and Queler
Certain dates
"___ Diary": Twain
Eventful times
Holiday beginnings
Holiday cusps
Holiday nights
Holiday preceders
Holiday times
Impending times
Lead-in periods
Miss Arden et al.
Nights before
Portentous nights
Preceding nights
Projecting rims
Times of anticipation
Times before
Times in classifieds
Times to party
Twain's "___ Diary"
Dec. 24 and 31
December 24 and 31
" . . . flies on summer ___": Keats
Just-prior periods
Lead-ins to holidays
Nights before holidays
Times to call, in ads
Times to call, in classifieds
Times like Halloween
Dec. 24 and Dec. 31
Dec. 24, Dec. 31, etc.
When to call, in some ads
Abbr. after some telephone numbers
Times to call, in some want ads
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"