Clues for the word "LENT"
We've had 245 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 786 times in crosswords. It was last seen in New York Times crossword on March 24, 2025.
Definition of lent
- imp. & p. p. - of Lend
- - imp. & p. p. of Lend.
- n. - A fast of forty days, beginning with Ash Wednesday and continuing till Easter, observed by some Christian churches as commemorative of the fast of our Savior.
- a. - Slow; mild; gentle; as, lenter heats.
- a. - See Lento.
Referring Clues
- Advanced
- Fast time
- Let use
- Mardi Gras follower
- Pre-Easter season
- Time to give up
- When Passiontide falls
- Solemn time
- Carnival follower
- Spring time
- Easter preparation
- Fasting time
- When Passion Sunday falls
- Temporarily gone
- Fast time?
- Spring stretch
- Loaned
- Post-Mardi Gras period
- It begins on Ash Wednesday
- Pre-Easter period
- Gave for a while
- Spring period
- Gave temporarily
- Period of penitence
- Solemn stretch
- Time to give up?
- Spring season
- It starts on a Wednesday
- Passiontide time
- When Quadragesima occurs
- "Ah, for the good old days," e.g.
- It follows Mardi Gras
- March fast?
- Pancake Day is the day before this begins
- Period of fasting
- Penitential period
- 40-day observance
- Time for hot cross buns
- Ash Wednesday starts it
- Gave for awhile
- Shrove Tuesday follower
- Ash Wednesday to Easter
- It starts on Ash Wednesday
- Ash Wednesday's season
- Post-Mardi Gras observance
- Gave on condition
- Forty-day period
- Afforded
- Spring fast
- Palm Sunday period
- Fast season
- 40-weekday observance
- Ash Wednesday begins it
- Gave temorarily
- Lead-in to Easter
- 40-day period of penitence
- Spotted
- Time for fasting
- Shrovetide follower
- The 40 weekdays leading up to Easter
- It can start on leap day
- Passion Sunday occurs during it
- Fast period
- Penitent period
- Provided
- Holy Week is a part of it
- It follows Shrove Tuesday
- Laetare Sunday occurs during it
- Pre-Easter fasting period
- Gave credit?
- Gave for a bit
- Furnished for a time
- Allowed to use
- 40-day period
- Provided for a time
- It ends with Easter
- Pre-Easter time
- Ash Wednesday follower
- Period before Easter
- Season of repentance
- Easter ends it
- Easter preceder
- Provided, as credibility
- Ignored Polonius' advice
- Gave conditionally
- Fat Tuesday follower
- Spring observance
- Advanced, in a way
- Hot cross buns season
- Allowed to use for a while
- Ash Wednesday's season
- Passion Sunday period
- Period beginning on Ash Wednesday
- Time of sacrifice
- Advanced, as cash
- It may begin in February
- Fast forty?
- Mardi Gras aftermath
- Ash Wednesday kicks it off
- Catholic observance
- Contributed temporarily
- Easter lead-in
- Season of fasting
- Fasting season
- Time after Mardi Gras
- Fronted, in a way
- Period of abstinence
- When Good Friday occurs
- Holy Week's period
- Period after Mardi Gras
- Maundy Thursday period
- Period of sacrifice
- Period beginning Ash Wednesday
- Ash Wednesdays season
- Time to give something up
- Catholic season of self denial
- Pre-Easter observance
- Time to give things up
- Gave for a time
- Fasting period
- Mardi Gras follow-up
- Time of abstinence
- Provided temporarily
- Time of forbearance
- Time to abstain
- Period after Shrove Tuesday
- Quitting time?
- Given for a time
- Easter precursor
- Traditional time for hot cross buns
- Advanced, as money
- Good Friday's time
- Pre-Easter fast period
- Imprest
- Pre-Easter stretch
- Post-Carnival period
- Ash Wednesday-to-Easter observance
- It starts with Ash Wednesday
- Season of abstinence
- Ash Wednesday-to-Easter time
- Nearly six-week period
- Season preceding Easter
- Post-Carnival time
- Did a baker's job
- Giving-up time
- Not given permanently
- Passiontide is part of it
- Provided for a while
- Gave an advance to
- Donated, temporarily
- Atonement time
- Penitential season
- Forgoing time
- Time for abstinence
- Provided pro tem
- Not given, say
- Advanced, as funds
- Gave credit to
- Time of self-sacrifice
- Religious period
- 40-day observance, roughly
- Period after Fat Tuesday
- Gave to temporarily
- Time of fasting
- About six weeks on the liturgical calendar
- Passion Sunday's period
- Carnival's end
- Extended credit to
- Time to be abstinent
- Holy Week season
- Season of relgious sacrifice
- Catholic season of sacrifice
- Extended credit
- Church time
- Time to fast
- Given temporarily
- Pole gets allowed outside some time before Easter
- Christian fast
- Loaned out for a while
- Steve Poltz "Give You Up for ___"
- Allowed a buddy to borrow your guitar
- Let opening guy borrow your axe
- Advanced recording costs
- Let opening guy borrow your ax
- Fast learner on specialist ward
- Gave the use of for a time
- Furnished or let, to accommodate a motherless man
- Furnished for a certain period, religiously
- Period from Ash Wednesday to Easter
- Time before Easter
- Time for giving up
- Advanced fast
- Advanced one good reason for sacrifice
- Rio's Carnaval precedes it
- Provided temporarily
- Quadragesimal period
- Fast time?
- Provided short-term
- Furnished
- Christian period of sacrifice
- Season after Shrove Tuesday
- Religious period when people give things up
- Pre-Easter fast
- Hired
- Religious season
- Granted the use of
- Period preceding Easter
- Good Friday's period
- Season of atonement
- Advanced, as a library book
- Period of fasting before Easter
- Time of penance
- Self-denial period
- Penitent time
- Let borrow
- What Ash Wednesday begins
- Advanced, financially
- Time to give up?
- Let use temporarily
- Observance that begins on Ash Wednesday
- A spring season
- Religious observance that's also a past-tense verb
- Observance before Easter
- Advanced, monetarily
- Period of sacrifice prior to Easter
- What Carnival precedes
- Allowed to borrow
- Church season
- Loaned out
- Observance once known as Quadragesima (Latin for "fortieth")
- Period following Mardi Gras
- Period starting on Feb. 17 in 2021
- Forty-day lead-up to Easter
- Allowed to be used
- Advanced money to
- Like advanced money
- Temporarily provided
- Forty-day religious period
- You might give something up for this
- Didn't give forever
- Allowed to be borrowed
- Observance that might include Fish Fridays
- Temporarily given
- Given for a short while
- Observance that starts on Ash Wednesday
Last Seen In
- New York Times - March 24, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 16, 2025
- USA Today - March 10, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - March 06, 2025
- USA Today - March 06, 2025
- LA Times - February 09, 2025
- Daily Quick - February 06, 2025
- New York Times - January 21, 2025
- Daily American - December 28, 2024
- Mirror Daily - December 27, 2024
- Daily American - December 18, 2024
- Mirror Daily - December 15, 2024
- Penny Dell Sunday - December 15, 2024
- Mirror Daily - December 12, 2024
- Mirror Daily - December 06, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 29, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - November 20, 2024
- New Zealand Herald - November 16, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - November 15, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - November 14, 2024
- Mirror Daily - November 12, 2024
- Daily American - November 08, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 31, 2024
- LA Times - October 30, 2024
- Daily American - October 23, 2024
- Mirror Daily - October 17, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - October 09, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - October 08, 2024
- Evening Standard Quick - September 25, 2024
- Evening Standard Easy - September 20, 2024
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