The Clue
Wine vintage (4 letter answer)
The Answer
YEAR
Tags
Notes
The answer YEAR is seen frequently, appearing about once every 80 puzzles.
Related Clues
1945, for one
Annum
Junior, for one
New ___
Vintage
'00, e.g.
1492, e.g.
1775 or 2001
1984, e.g.
2001, e.g.
Calendar unit
Circle of the seasons
Class identification
Decade unit
Division of time
Dollar-a-___ man
Four seasons
Freshman or sophomore
Gregorian cycle
Information for an oenologist
Juniors, e.g.
Kind of book
Leap follower
Newcomer in January
Oenologist's interest
Oenophile's concern
Part of I.G.Y.
Revolutionary period
Sentence division
Sentence unit
Time for a revolution
Time span
Time unit
Twelve months
Two semesters
Career division, in sports
Class-ring inscription
Fiscal or academic follower
Once around Sol
Once around the sun
Wine bottle datum
Word with book or long
Light-___ (about six trillion miles)
Definition
YEAR as a noun:
1. (year, twelvemonth, yr) = a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920"
2. a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity; "a school year"
3. the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun; "a Martian year takes 687 of our days"
4. (class, year) = a body of students who graduate together; "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High"