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noun • Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx • the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside • a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom • the period spent sleeping • the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit • darkness • a shortening of nightfall • the time between sunset and midnight | ||||
| 52% | 4 | Hours and hours and hours and hours and ... | ||
noun • how long something has existed • an era of history having some distinctive feature • a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises • a prolonged period of time • a late time of life verb • begin to seem older; get older • grow old or older • make older | ||||
| 40% | 12 | Divisions of the year with approximately 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness | ||
adjective • relating to the vicinity of the equator • relating to an equinox (when the lengths of night and day are equal) noun • the great circle on the celestial sphere midway between the celestial poles | ||||
Sir Kay Spent Hours In Darkness
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NIGHT which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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NIGHT
Updated: October 14, 2023
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1 | Divisions of the year with approximately 12 hours of daylight and 12 hours of darkness | |
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28 Jan 1993 | New York Times / 28 Jan 1993 |
6 | In Sir Kay's day
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12 Dec 1983 | New York Times / 12 Dec 1983 |
7 | Language system developed by Charles Kay Ogden |
