"___ the night before Christmas ..."
The crossword clue ""___ the night before Christmas ..."" is answered by TWAS, a 4-letter entry. Used 151 times across 31 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 25 publications in the xd corpus.
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Used 151 times across 31 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1947. It appears in 25 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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- YULEPROLOG (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for TWAS
Every other clue in this collection answered by TWAS, most used first.
- "___ the night before ..." - used 100 times, most recently in 2026
- "___ brillig . . . " - used 46 times, most recently in 2026
- "Jabberwocky" opener - used 38 times, most recently in 2024
- "Jabberwocky" starter - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Poetic contraction. - used 32 times, most recently in 2025
- Christmas poem opener - used 24 times, most recently in 2024
- "A Visit from St. Nicholas" opener - used 23 times, most recently in 2019
- First word of "Jabberwocky" - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
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