Pre-Easter period

The answer

LENT

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the LENT answer page.

Used 80 times across 31 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1961. It appears in 19 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other clues for LENT

Every other clue in this collection answered by LENT, most used first.

• Fast time - used 99 times, most recently in 2025
• Time to give up? - used 75 times, most recently in 2026
• Gave temporarily - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Mardi Gras follower - used 57 times, most recently in 2026
• Advanced - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Spring period - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
• Imparted. - used 38 times, most recently in 2014
• Easter lead-in - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
• Gave for a while - used 35 times, most recently in 2025
• Fasting period - used 33 times, most recently in 2025
• Pre-Easter season - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
• Loaned - used 25 times, most recently in 2025
• Period before Easter - used 24 times, most recently in 2026
• Church season - used 22 times, most recently in 2023

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• Pre-owned - USED, used 145 times
• Easter flower - LILY, used 94 times
• ___ Nui (Easter Island) - RAPA, used 45 times
• Like Easter eggs - DYED, used 43 times
• Prosperous period - BOOM, used 38 times
• Easter bloom - LILY, used 35 times

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