Clues for the word "TWAS"
We've had 159 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 398 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Mini crossword on April 04, 2026.
Referring Clues
- Moore starter
- "___ the night before..."
- "___ brillig, and the slithy toves ..."
- "___ the night ..."
- "Jabberwocky" opener
- "___ the night before ..."
- First word of Carroll's "Jabberwocky"
- First word of "Jabberwocky"
- Start of a Yuletide reading
- "Jabberwocky" starter
- "... ___ but the wind": Byron
- "Jabberwocky" start
- Christmas poem opener
- Start of a Christmas classic
- Moore verse opener
- "___ the night before Christmas ..."
- It's in the past
- Poetic contraction
- "___ wondrous pitiful": "Othello"
- Christmas verse starter
- "___ brillig, and the slithy toves..."
- "Jabberwocky" beginning
- "___ brillig..."
- Start of a Christmas poem
- "A Visit from St. Nicholas" opener
- "...___ but the wind" (Lord Byron)
- Moore opener
- Moore poem starter
- Christmas poem lead-in
- "___ brillig ..."
- First word of a Clement Moore poem
- Yuletide poem opener
- "___ ever thus"
- First word of "A Visit From St. Nicholas"
- What the night before Christmas comes after?
- "___ brillig, and the slithy ...": Carroll
- "___ the night before ..."
- "___ the night ..."
- "___ brillig ...": "Jabberwocky" opening
- Start of "Jabberwocky"
- Quaint contraction
- "___ the night before Christmas . . ."
- "___ brillig . . ."
- Christmas poem start
- "___ the night before . . ."
- Start of a Carroll work
- "Jabberwocky" opener
- "Jabberwocky" starter
- Start of an 8 Down poem
- Start of a classic Christmas poem
- Start of a yule reading
- "Jabberwocky" start
- Start of a Clement Clarke Moore poem
- First word of a Carroll work
- "___ the night before Christmas ..."
- "___ the night before ..."
- Start of a Christmas story
- "Jabberwocky" beginning
- "___ brillig . . ."
- Word before "brillig"
- "___ brillig and the slithey toves . . ."
- A Clement Moore opener
- Carroll's "___ brillig . . ."
- Yuletide verse starter
- "___ the night before Christmas"
- "___ Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale": Scott
- "___ Christmas told the merriest tale": Scott
- "___ brillig, and the slithy toves ..." ("Jabberwocky")
- "___ Love - not me": Dickinson
- Start of "A Visit From St. Nicholas"
- Christmas classic opening
- It starts "A Visit from St. Nicholas"
- Yuletide poem starter
- "___ brillig ...": "Jabberwocky" opening
- "___ brillig, and the slithy ...": Carroll
- Syllable before "brillig"
- "___ brillig and the slithey toves ..."
- Carroll's "___ brillig ..."
- "___ the night before Christmas..."
- It was, to a poet
- Yuletide verse beginning
- First word of a famous Christmas poem
- Christmas poem starter
- The word before "the night before ..."
- Christmas poem opening
- '___ the night before ...'
- 'Jabberwocky' starter
- '___ brillig ...'
- '___ brillig, and ...'
- 'Jabberwocky' start
- '___ the night before Christmas'
- 'Jabberwocky' opener
- Christmas verse opener
- '___ ever thus'
- '___ brillig ...'
- Start of a Clement Moore classic
- "Jabberwocky" opening
- "___ like a Maelstrom, with a notch" (Emily Dickinson poem)
- Clement Moore poem opener
- "'___ the night before Christmas ..."
- Seasonal poem lead-in
- "___ brilling, and the slithy .."
- Christmas or Carroll poem opening
- Famous yuletide poem starter
- It was, poetically
- Old-timey contraction
- '___ brillig, ...'
- "It was" contraction
- '___ not to be'
- Xmas poem opener
- "___ brillig, and the slithy..."
- First word of "Jabberwocky"
- "___ not to be"
- ' the night before ...'
- First word of 58-Across
- First word in "Jabberwocky"
- Jabberwocky start
- Word that begins with an apostrophe
- "___ brillig ... "
- What's before the night before Christmas?
- Opening of a classic Christmas poem
- Start of a Clement Moore Christmas poem
- Start of a classic Yuletide verse
- "'___ the night before ..."
- Holiday poem starter
- Christmas contraction
- Contraction
- First word of a Santa Claus story
- "___ the night before Christmas22
- Opening word of "Jabberwocky"
- "___ autumn, and a clear and placid day": Wordsworth
- Yule contraction
- First word in Moore's Christmas poem
- It was in the past?
- "Love, when we met, ___ like two planets meeting": Ella Wheeler Wilcox
- Dickinson contraction
- Contraction that starts "Jabberwocky"
- It used to be briefly expressed
- Contraction at the start of a sentence
- Christmas poem contraction
- “Jabberwocky” start
- Old-style "used to be"
- 'Tis, in the past tense
- Contraction in a Christmas poem
- Past-tense 'tis
- Yuletide poem start
- First word in a classic poem about 17-Across
- "___ a rough night": Macbeth
- It was very old?
- What comes before the night before Christmas?
- What's before the night before Christmas?
- Contraction starting a Christmas poem
- Opening on Christmas Eve?
- Past-tense version of 'tis
- "- brillig ..."
- 'Tis in the past
- "- the night before ..."
- Past tense of "'tis"
- Old-fashioned contraction
Last Seen In
- Mirror Mini - April 04, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - March 26, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - February 18, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - January 28, 2026
- Penny Dell Daily - October 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - September 28, 2025
- Daily American - September 03, 2025
- New York Times - August 03, 2025
- New York Times - June 19, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - June 06, 2025
- Daily American - May 31, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - May 02, 2025
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 14, 2025
- Mirror Mini - April 03, 2025
- USA Today - March 15, 2025
- Penny Dell Sunday - February 23, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - February 18, 2025
- LA Times - February 18, 2025
- Family Time - December 09, 2024
- New York Times - November 20, 2024
- USA Today - August 06, 2024
- USA Today - July 01, 2024
- New York Times - June 09, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - May 13, 2024
- King Syndicate - Eugene Sheffer - April 25, 2024
- Family Time - March 03, 2024
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - February 29, 2024
- LA Times - February 21, 2024
- Penny Dell Daily - February 15, 2024
- LA Times - February 10, 2024
- And in 368 more crossword puzzles...