| Pre-Easter season | 
            Commuter | 
            31 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Gave for a while | 
            USA Today | 
            31 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Annual Christian fast | 
            The Times Concise | 
            31 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Loaned | 
            Commuter | 
            30 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Allowed to borrow | 
            Newsday | 
            26 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
            USA Today | 
            24 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Observance before Easter | 
            Universal | 
            23 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Gave temporarily | 
            Puzzler Backwords | 
            17 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Time to give up? | 
            Universal | 
            14 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Time to give up? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave for a bit | 
            USA Today | 
            17 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Gave for a while | 
            USA Today | 
            01 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Time of fasting before Easter (4) | 
            Puzzler | 
            31 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter season | 
            Commuter | 
            23 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Time of abstinence | 
            New York Times | 
            22 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter season | 
            Commuter | 
            02 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Time to quit swearing, maybe | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period before Easter | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            20 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Observance that ends on Holy Thursday | 
            New York Times | 
            19 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            17 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Pole gets allowed outside some time before Easter | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Gave temporarily | 
            USA Today | 
            13 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Pro-Easter period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period of forty weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday in the Christian Church (4) | 
            Mirror Quiz | 
            11 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Loaned | 
            Commuter | 
            10 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter season | 
            Commuter | 
            08 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Loaned | 
            Commuter | 
            04 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter season | 
            Commuter | 
            28 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Time to give up? | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            28 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Gave on loan or for use for a short term | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter season | 
            Commuter | 
            21 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Period of abstinence before Easter (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            10 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Gave temporarily | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            06 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Season that begins with Ash Wednesday | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave temporarily | 
            Puzzler Backwords | 
            20 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Forty-day period of abstinence | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Spring period | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            08 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Fasting period | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            06 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Time of prayer and fasting | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast time before Easter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mardi Gras follower | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            30 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Loaned | 
            Commuter | 
            29 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Period preceding Easter (4) | 
            Mirror Classic | 
            24 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Period of fasting | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            22 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Gave for a short time | 
            New York Times Mini | 
            21 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Reportedly inclined towards a period of abstinence (4) | 
            The Guardian Quick Cryptic | 
            19 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Reportedly inclined towards a period of abstinence (4) | 
            The Guardian Quick | 
            19 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Fast time? | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            18 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | In the Church calendar, the period before Easter (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            15 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Christian period after Carnival | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            09 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Loaned the French book (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Church season that begins on Ash Wednesday | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            07 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Time to give up? | 
            New York Times | 
            05 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | When Holy Week falls | 
            New York Times | 
            04 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Gave for a while | 
            New York Times | 
            24 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Loaned | 
            Commuter | 
            21 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Temporarily gave use | 
            USA Today Quick | 
            15 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Loaned before Easter (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave, but expected back | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time before Easter | 
            USA Today | 
            10 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Time before Easte | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time to give up? | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            08 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Observance that starts on Ash Wednesday | 
            USA Today | 
            06 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Fast time given out for a while (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Season after Mardi Gras | 
            USA Today Quick | 
            21 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Time to give up? | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            18 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time to give up? | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            09 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Observance between Ash Wednesday and Easter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Advanced money fast (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave temporarily | 
            Newsday | 
            02 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Fast time | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            30 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Loaned | 
            Commuter | 
            27 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Religious period of fasting (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mardi Gras follower | 
            New York Times | 
            21 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Gave temporarily | 
            Newsday | 
            21 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Christian period of the calendar | 
            The Telegraph Mini | 
            07 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Loaned | 
            Commuter | 
            01 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | - - - - lily, name commonly given to the wild daffodil (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time of tasting | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Made a loan for part of the year (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | The time of self-denial is advanced (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ash Wednesday to Easter | 
            USA Today Quick | 
            22 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Religious observance in the Christian calendar that begins on Ash Wednesday, and which gives its name to a type of hellebore (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period before Easter | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            20 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Barely enough given to borrower | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            20 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Loaned fast | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            20 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Advanced (money) (4) | 
            Puzzler | 
            17 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | 40-day period prior to Easter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter season | 
            USA Today Quick | 
            24 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Advanced, leased or let | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            20 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Temporarily given before Easter (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Catholic season | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast time? | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            17 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Advanced before Easter (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter season | 
            Commuter | 
            09 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            30 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Fasting period, for Catholics | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter season | 
            Commuter | 
            21 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Mardi Gras follower | 
            Newsday | 
            16 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Mardi Gras follower | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            12 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Fasting period | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            09 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Loaned for a fast repayment? (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Conditionally given a fast time (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period or season for fasting | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Allowed to borrow | 
            Newsday | 
            29 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | On loan for a season (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A fast time? (4) | 
            The Guardian Quick Cryptic | 
            22 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | A fast time? (4) | 
            The Guardian Quick | 
            22 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | A fast time? (4) | 
            The Guardian Quick Cryptic | 
            21 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | A fast time (4) | 
            The Guardian Quick | 
            21 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            18 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Sullen thoughts about when to have to fast | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Advanced season? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Easter lead-in | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            18 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter season | 
            Commuter | 
            07 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Made a loan: - money | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Given for a short while | 
            USA Today | 
            24 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Loaned | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            15 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Fast pulse? Reduce by up to 51 | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            15 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Fast time | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            07 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | It begins on Ash Wednesday | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            04 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Period before Easter | 
            USA Today | 
            22 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Temporarily given | 
            USA Today | 
            09 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Gave temporarily | 
            Newsday | 
            03 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter season | 
            Commuter | 
            26 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Loaned | 
            USA Today | 
            22 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Advanced one good reason for sacrifice | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Made a loan fast (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast in English, but slow in French | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            10 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
            New York Times Mini | 
            08 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Advanced | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            01 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Supplied part of plentiful entertainment (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | ___ a hand (helped out) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fasting period | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            28 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Leonard comes to tea but is restricted with his eating | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Borrowed time? (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mardi Gras follower | 
            Newsday | 
            12 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | It begins after Mardi Gras | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Loaned fast | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            03 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Christian fast | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            03 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Loaned out | 
            Commuter | 
            19 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Advanced in fast time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Given a fast loan? (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter time | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            10 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Observance that might include Fish Fridays | 
            New York Times | 
            09 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Extended for a while | 
            Newsday | 
            28 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Given to them temporarily prior to Easter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Penance time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Easter lead-in | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            18 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Period of forty weekdays from Ash Wednesday to Holy Saturday in the Christian Church | 
            Mirror Quiz | 
            17 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Period devoted to fasting (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter season | 
            Commuter | 
            12 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            12 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Fast before Easter (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Easter lead-in | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            27 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Got a loan fast? (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Allowed to be borrowed | 
            New York Times | 
            25 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Supplied temporarily | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Advanced for forty days (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period of fasting before Easter (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Allowed to be used | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time of deprivation | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Borrowed for fasting days (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period before Easter | 
            USA Today | 
            03 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast, and only yours for a limited time (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Alternate alternately, before Easter (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Alternate alternately, before Easter | 
            The Guardian Cryptic | 
            24 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | Loaned | 
            Commuter | 
            23 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | Time of lasting | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fasting period | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            15 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | PreEaster fast | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Given period of abstention (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period before Easter | 
            Universal | 
            23 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Long period before Easter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Given for a time | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            21 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Gave temporarily | 
            Newsday | 
            19 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Gave for a while | 
            Universal | 
            02 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
            USA Today | 
            02 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Gave temporarily | 
            Newsday | 
            22 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Period of abstinence (4) | 
            Puzzler | 
            17 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Gave temporarily | 
            Newsday | 
            08 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Advanced fast | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            07 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Period before Easter | 
            Universal | 
            30 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Mardi Gras follower | 
            Universal | 
            23 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            06 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Christian period of fasting | 
            The Times Concise | 
            29 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Fast time | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            28 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Allowed to borrow | 
            USA Today | 
            14 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Period of self-denial | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            09 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Mardi Gras follower | 
            New York Times | 
            23 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Extended credit to | 
            Newsday | 
            26 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Provided short-term | 
            Newsday | 
            21 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Fasting period | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            21 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Spring period | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            28 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | Allowed to check out, say | 
            Newsday | 
            09 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | Mardi Gras follower | 
            Newsday | 
            21 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | It follows Mardi Gras | 
            USA Today | 
            02 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Mardi Gras follower | 
            Universal | 
            25 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Gave temporarily | 
            Universal | 
            15 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Christian penitential period | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            15 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Essentially gifted and advanced | 
            The Guardian Cryptic | 
            12 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
            USA Today | 
            09 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | It starts on Ash Wednesday | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Season of abstinence | 
            Canadiana | 
            20 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | Easter preceder | 
            Newsday | 
            02 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | Didn't give forever | 
            New York Times | 
            22 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | You might give something up for this | 
            New York Times | 
            17 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Advanced | 
            New York Times | 
            15 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            08 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Gave temporarily | 
            Universal | 
            05 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Gave for a while | 
            Newsday | 
            28 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | Carnival follower | 
            Universal | 
            27 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | Period after Shrove Tuesday | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            01 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | Period before Easter | 
            Newsday | 
            14 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Spring stretch | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            12 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Advanced fast | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            09 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Shrove Tuesday follower | 
            Newsday | 
            04 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Observance before Easter | 
            Universal | 
            07 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | Spring break, in a way | 
            Canadiana | 
            26 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Gave temporarily | 
            Newsday | 
            25 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Period for penance | 
            Universal | 
            12 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Loaned out | 
            USA Today | 
            26 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Quadragesima is a name for the first Sunday in ____ | 
            The Times Specialist Sunday | 
            21 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
            Newsday | 
            16 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
            USA Today | 
            04 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Time of abstinence | 
            Canadiana | 
            01 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Forty-day religious period | 
            USA Today | 
            27 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Granted for a brief period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time to give up? | 
            Universal | 
            08 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Temporarily provided | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            01 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter time | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            26 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Period before Easter | 
            USA Today | 
            09 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Like advanced money | 
            Family Time | 
            08 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | To some extent skilful, entrant advanced | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            06 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Word meaning "loaned" that becomes a Christian fasting period when capitalized | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period after Mardi Gras | 
            Universal | 
            26 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | *Sinusitis doc | 
            Universal | 
            22 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Holy Week's time | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            27 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Advanced money to | 
            Family Time | 
            27 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
            New York Times | 
            07 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It follows Mardi Gras | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period before Easter | 
            Newsday | 
            30 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | Gave money // for a month of fasting  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
            USA Today | 
            08 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | Gave, as a hand | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            26 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Fast time, but not for Pierre!  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Spring period | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            27 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Observance before Easter | 
            USA Today | 
            23 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Loaned, say | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Easter lead-in | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            16 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Loaned out | 
            USA Today | 
            05 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Gave temporarily | 
            Newsday | 
            04 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | 40-day observance | 
            Universal | 
            27 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Christian penitential period | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            25 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Period after Mardi Gras | 
            USA Today | 
            24 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Carnival follower | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            16 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Gave temporarily | 
            Newsday | 
            13 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
            USA Today | 
            10 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Donated temporarily | 
            Newsday | 
            23 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Fast time | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            08 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Granted for a time | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            08 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Fast time | 
            The Washington Post | 
            08 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Gave a loan | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            08 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | Gave to a borrower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A fast | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            09 Jun 2021 | 
          
          
            | Mardi Gras follower | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            04 Jun 2021 | 
          
          
            | Mardi Gras follower | 
            The Washington Post | 
            04 Jun 2021 | 
          
          
            | Advanced | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            30 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Advanced | 
            The Washington Post | 
            30 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | It begins on Ash Wednesday | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            20 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Period after Mardi Gras | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            02 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Easter lead-in | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            22 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Penitent time | 
            Universal | 
            18 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Spring time | 
            New York Times | 
            08 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Time of self-denial will have an effect finally  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period before Easter | 
            Universal | 
            02 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | Forty-day lead-up to Easter | 
            USA Today | 
            13 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | Gave temporarily | 
            Newsday | 
            09 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | Allowed the use of | 
            Newsday | 
            04 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | Christian penitential period | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            28 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Fasting period | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            28 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Spring period | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            08 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Advanced, as cash | 
            Family Time | 
            03 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
            The Washington Post | 
            21 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            21 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Provided short-term | 
            USA Today | 
            15 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Gave for a while | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            13 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Fast, but not when in France!  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period starting on Feb. 17 in 2021 | 
            USA Today | 
            06 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Gave for a while | 
            The Washington Post | 
            05 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Gave for a while | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            05 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Period following Mardi Gras | 
            USA Today | 
            25 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Period after Mardi Gras | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            02 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | It ended on April 9 this year | 
            Jonesin | 
            27 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | Had a home-cooked meal | 
            New York Times | 
            22 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | Advanced period of restraint | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            21 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | Allowed to use | 
            Newsday | 
            18 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | Fast time | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            03 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | Easter lead-in | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            29 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | Gave to a borrower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Advanced about six weeks before Easter  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Loaned out | 
            USA Today | 
            17 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
            Newsday | 
            22 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | Allowed to borrow | 
            USA Today | 
            12 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | What Carnival precedes | 
            New York Times | 
            03 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | Provided short-term | 
            Newsday | 
            21 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | Period of sacrifice prior to Easter | 
            USA Today | 
            02 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | Easter precursor | 
            The Washington Post | 
            24 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | Easter precursor | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            24 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Post-Mardi Gras period | 
            USA Today | 
            03 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | Made an advance fast | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            15 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | Sufficient number barely realising what follows what comes next? | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            14 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | Fasting time | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            10 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | Advanced, monetarily | 
            Family Time | 
            06 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | Time to give up? | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            06 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
            USA Today | 
            22 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | Gave money some time before Easter  | 
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            | It begins on Ash Wednesday | 
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            | Religious observance that's also a past-tense verb | 
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            | When many people give up? | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            19 Jan 2020 | 
          
          
            | Annual winter/spring observance | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Giving up time | 
            New York Times | 
            05 Jan 2020 | 
          
          
            | Giving up time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period before 6-Down | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            15 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | Observance that begins on Ash Wednesday | 
            USA Today | 
            09 Dec 2019 | 
          
          
            | Religious season | 
            The Washington Post | 
            30 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Religious season | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            30 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | When human sacrifices occur | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            27 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Time to give up? | 
            Universal | 
            26 Oct 2019 | 
          
          
            | Period after Mardi Gras | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave to a borrower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Advanced, financially | 
            Universal | 
            29 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | Gave on loan | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            23 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | What Ash Wednesday begins | 
            Newsday | 
            22 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | Shrove Tuesday follower | 
            USA Today | 
            08 Sep 2019 | 
          
          
            | Let borrow | 
            Newsday | 
            15 Aug 2019 | 
          
          
            | Penitent time | 
            USA Today | 
            03 Jul 2019 | 
          
          
            | Religious observance | 
            Canadiana | 
            17 Jun 2019 | 
          
          
            | Gave something for a while, say | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It begins on Ash Wednesday | 
            New York Times | 
            15 May 2019 | 
          
          
            | Gave on loan | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Self-denial period | 
            Newsday | 
            20 Apr 2019 | 
          
          
            | Fast time, for some | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            24 Mar 2019 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ash Wednesday begins it | 
            USA Today | 
            14 Mar 2019 | 
          
          
            | Carnival follower | 
            The New Yorker | 
            11 Mar 2019 | 
          
          
            | Advanced | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            10 Mar 2019 | 
          
          
            | Advanced | 
            New York Times | 
            03 Mar 2019 | 
          
          
            | Period of abstinence | 
            USA Today | 
            01 Mar 2019 | 
          
          
            | Slow Tottenham's No 2 dropped fast | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            27 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Period before Easter | 
            Newsday | 
            25 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Time of penance | 
            Universal | 
            17 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter season | 
            Newsday | 
            12 Feb 2019 | 
          
          
            | Advanced, as a library book | 
            Family Time | 
            06 Jan 2019 | 
          
          
            | Shrove Tuesday follower | 
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            | Advanced, financially | 
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            | Time of penance | 
             | 
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            | Time to give up? | 
             | 
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            | Pre-Easter period | 
             | 
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            | Advanced | 
             | 
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            | Religious season | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period of abstinence | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Penitent time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ash Wednesday begins it | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast time | 
            New York Times | 
            09 Dec 2018 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter season | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            28 Nov 2018 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter season | 
            The Washington Post | 
            28 Nov 2018 | 
          
          
            | Fast period | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            03 Nov 2018 | 
          
          
            | Fast period | 
            The Washington Post | 
            03 Nov 2018 | 
          
          
            | Good Friday's time | 
            Family Time | 
            29 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Season of atonement | 
            Universal | 
            25 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Fast pulse reduced by a third  | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Period after Shrove Tuesday | 
            USA Today | 
            22 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Good Friday's period | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            21 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Period of penitence | 
            USA Today | 
            17 Oct 2018 | 
          
          
            | Advanced, as cash | 
            USA Today | 
            20 Sep 2018 | 
          
          
            | Post-Carnival period | 
            USA Today | 
            26 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | Religious season | 
            Universal | 
            07 Aug 2018 | 
          
          
            | It begins on Ash Wednesday | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter fast | 
            The Washington Post | 
            02 Jul 2018 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter fast | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            02 Jul 2018 | 
          
          
            | Period of self-sacrifice | 
            The Chronicle of Higher Education | 
            22 Jun 2018 | 
          
          
            | Ash Wednesday follower | 
            Newsday | 
            26 Apr 2018 | 
          
          
            | Time for abstinence | 
            Canadiana | 
            23 Apr 2018 | 
          
          
            | Period of sacrifice | 
            USA Today | 
            01 Feb 2018 | 
          
          
            | Catholic season of sacrifice | 
            Canadiana | 
            22 Jan 2018 | 
          
          
            | Palm Sunday period | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            06 Jan 2018 | 
          
          
            | Period of penitence | 
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            | Fast time | 
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            | Pre-Easter season | 
             | 
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            | Pre-Easter fast | 
             | 
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            | Fast period | 
             | 
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            | Advanced | 
             | 
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            | Religious season | 
             | 
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            | Season of atonement | 
             | 
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            | Period of self-sacrifice | 
             | 
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            | Advanced, as cash | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period after Shrove Tuesday | 
             | 
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            | Period of sacrifice | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Post-Carnival period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Easter lead-in | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time of abstinence | 
            USA Today | 
            14 Dec 2017 | 
          
          
            | Season of relgious sacrifice | 
            Canadiana | 
            27 Nov 2017 | 
          
          
            | Holy Week season | 
            The Washington Post | 
            26 Oct 2017 | 
          
          
            | Holy Week season | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            26 Oct 2017 | 
          
          
            | Gave for a while | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mardi Gras follower | 
            Newsday | 
            15 Oct 2017 | 
          
          
            | Post-Carnival period | 
            Newsday | 
            12 Oct 2017 | 
          
          
            | Time to be abstinent | 
            USA Today | 
            09 Oct 2017 | 
          
          
            | Rio's Carnaval precedes it | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            21 Sep 2017 | 
          
          
            | Gave to a borrower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Extended credit to | 
            USA Today | 
            20 Sep 2017 | 
          
          
            | Post-Mardi Gras period | 
            New York Times | 
            23 Aug 2017 | 
          
          
            | Passion Sunday's period | 
            USA Today | 
            10 Jul 2017 | 
          
          
            | Fast? For Nancy it's slow | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            15 Jun 2017 | 
          
          
            | Period after Mardi Gras | 
            Newsday | 
            14 Jun 2017 | 
          
          
            | About six weeks on the liturgical calendar | 
            The Washington Post | 
            11 Jun 2017 | 
          
          
            | About six weeks on the liturgical calendar | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            11 Jun 2017 | 
          
          
            | Fast period | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            30 May 2017 | 
          
          
            | Time of fasting | 
            Universal | 
            29 May 2017 | 
          
          
            | Mardi Gras follower | 
            USA Today | 
            23 May 2017 | 
          
          
            | Carnival follower | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            29 Apr 2017 | 
          
          
            | Carnival follower | 
            The Washington Post | 
            29 Apr 2017 | 
          
          
            | Gave to temporarily | 
            Universal | 
            25 Apr 2017 | 
          
          
            | Time for giving up? | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            05 Apr 2017 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter season | 
            Universal | 
            04 Apr 2017 | 
          
          
            | Period after Fat Tuesday | 
            USA Today | 
            17 Mar 2017 | 
          
          
            | Fast time? | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            14 Mar 2017 | 
          
          
            | Time for abstinence | 
            USA Today | 
            10 Mar 2017 | 
          
          
            | Time to give up? | 
            Jonesin | 
            07 Mar 2017 | 
          
          
            | Fast learner on specialist ward  | 
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            | Gave for a while | 
            New York Times | 
            13 Feb 2017 | 
          
          
            | Holy Week season | 
             | 
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            | Mardi Gras follower | 
             | 
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            | Time for abstinence | 
             | 
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            | Time of abstinence | 
             | 
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            | Time to be abstinent | 
             | 
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            | Post-Mardi Gras period | 
             | 
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            | About six weeks on the liturgical calendar | 
             | 
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            | Time of fasting | 
             | 
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            | Extended credit to | 
             | 
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            | Gave for a while | 
             | 
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            | Carnival follower | 
             | 
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            | Gave to temporarily | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Passion Sunday's period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave for a while | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave temporarily | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            11 Dec 2016 | 
          
          
            | 40-day observance, roughly | 
            Universal | 
            24 Nov 2016 | 
          
          
            | Loaned out for a while | 
            Family Time | 
            06 Nov 2016 | 
          
          
            | Season after Shrove Tuesday | 
            USA Today | 
            30 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | Provided temporarily | 
            USA Today | 
            16 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | Gave temporarily | 
            The Washington Post | 
            08 Oct 2016 | 
          
          
            | Good Friday's time | 
            USA Today | 
            14 Sep 2016 | 
          
          
            | Easter ends it | 
            USA Today | 
            23 Aug 2016 | 
          
          
            | Time to give up? | 
            The Washington Post | 
            01 Aug 2016 | 
          
          
            | Time for giving up | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            28 Jul 2016 | 
          
          
            | Fast time? | 
            New York Times | 
            21 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | Time to give up? | 
            New York Times | 
            12 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | Loaned | 
            The Times Concise | 
            06 Jun 2016 | 
          
          
            | Carnival follower | 
            Newsday | 
            29 May 2016 | 
          
          
            | Time of self-sacrifice | 
            New York Times | 
            28 May 2016 | 
          
          
            | Advanced producing fast time | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            19 May 2016 | 
          
          
            | Fast time? | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            15 May 2016 | 
          
          
            | Post-Carnival period | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            04 May 2016 | 
          
          
            | Time to give up | 
            Universal | 
            03 May 2016 | 
          
          
            | Gave credit to | 
            Newsday | 
            16 Apr 2016 | 
          
          
            | Maundy Thursday period | 
            The Washington Post | 
            14 Apr 2016 | 
          
          
            | Time to give up? | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            13 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | Advanced, as funds | 
            Newsday | 
            11 Mar 2016 | 
          
          
            | Strait of water, not so fast  | 
             | 
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            | Less important banks synonymous with those pulling a fast one perhaps | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            29 Feb 2016 | 
          
          
            | Period after Shrove Tuesday | 
            The Washington Post | 
            16 Feb 2016 | 
          
          
            | Christian season | 
            The Washington Post | 
            09 Feb 2016 | 
          
          
            | Advanced period of self-restraint  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not given, say | 
            New York Times | 
            23 Jan 2016 | 
          
          
            | Not given, say | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Good Friday's time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast time? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 40-day observance, roughly | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time to give up? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast time? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time of self-sacrifice | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Easter ends it | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period of penitence | 
            The Washington Post | 
            22 Dec 2015 | 
          
          
            | Preholiday period | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            22 Dec 2015 | 
          
          
            | Provided pro tem | 
            Newsday | 
            11 Dec 2015 | 
          
          
            | Quitting time? | 
            New York Times | 
            04 Dec 2015 | 
          
          
            | Donated, temporarily | 
            Universal | 
            28 Oct 2015 | 
          
          
            | Fasting period | 
            The Times Concise | 
            14 Oct 2015 | 
          
          
            | Loaned | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            05 Oct 2015 | 
          
          
            | Mardi Gras follower | 
            New York Times | 
            30 Sep 2015 | 
          
          
            | Fast time ends in medal alongside Usain Bolt  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period before Easter | 
            The Times Concise | 
            20 Aug 2015 | 
          
          
            | Period of sacrifice | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            12 Aug 2015 | 
          
          
            | Fasting time | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            27 Jul 2015 | 
          
          
            | Spring observance | 
            USA Today | 
            04 Jul 2015 | 
          
          
            | Time to give up | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            20 Jun 2015 | 
          
          
            | Forgoing time | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            19 Apr 2015 | 
          
          
            | What Pancake Day precedes | 
            Newsday | 
            14 Mar 2015 | 
          
          
            | Period of abstinence | 
            The Chronicle of Higher Education | 
            06 Feb 2015 | 
          
          
            | Time to fast | 
            Family Time | 
            05 Jan 2015 | 
          
          
            | Gave an advance to | 
            Newsday | 
            02 Jan 2015 | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter season | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Provided pro tem | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | What Pancake Day precedes | 
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            | Allowed a buddy to borrow your guitar | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time to give up | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period of sacrifice | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period of abstinence | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Donated, temporarily | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Preholiday period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Spring observance | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Quitting time? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mardi Gras follower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Easter preceder | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Loaned | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time to give up? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Forgoing time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mardi Gras follower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave temporarily | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time for giving up | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave an advance to | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Maundy Thursday period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Post-Carnival time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Passiontide is part of it | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Season preceding Easter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time to give up? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Passiontide's period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time after Mardi Gras | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time for hot cross buns | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Giving-up time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Quadragesimal period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period before Easter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fasting season | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period after Mardi Gras | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mardi Gras follower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Imparted | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Easter preparation | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Penitential period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Did a baker's job | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Allowed to use for a while | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Not given permanently | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mardi Gras follower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It begins on Ash Wednesday | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ash Wednesday follower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Nearly six-week period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ash Wednesday-to-Easter time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Provided for a while | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Slow very nearly becomes fast  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter season | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Advanced, as cash | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Loaned | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter stretch | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period of sacrifice | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period of self-denial | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 40-day observance | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Easter lead-in | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Advanced | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period of denial | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Quitting time? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ash Wednesday-to-Easter observance | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period of sacrifice | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Passion Sunday period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Post-Carnival period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Steve Poltz "Give You Up for ___" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave for a while | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It starts with Ash Wednesday | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Penitent period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter fast period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Post-Mardi Gras period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Provided temporarily | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Advanced, as money | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ash Wednesday follower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time to give up? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time to give up | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Advanced | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time to give it up? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Carnival follower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave temporarily | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Given for a time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Traditional time for hot cross buns | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 40-day period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 40-day period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Penitent period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period after Shrove Tuesday | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time to give up? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Easter precursor | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave for a while | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period beginning Ash Wednesday | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Quitting time? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Good Friday's time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Spring time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | When Passiontide falls | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Post-Mardi Gras observance | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Advanced, as cash | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 40-day period of penitence | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Advanced | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time of forbearance | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period after Mardi Gras | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time of abstinence | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time to abstain | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Traditional time for hot cross buns | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Provided temporarily | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It starts on Ash Wednesday | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave for a while | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fasting season | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Advanced | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Maundy Thursday period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time to give up | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Post-Mardi Gras period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time to give things up | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period after Mardi Gras | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Maundy Thursday period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time after Mardi Gras | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Holy Week's period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period before Easter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time for fasting | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | When Good Friday occurs | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time after Mardi Gras | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter season | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Post-Mardi Gras observance | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period of abstinence | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fronted, in a way | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period of abstinence | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Advanced | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time for fasting | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Penitential period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time to give something up | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Penitential period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Holy Week's period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave for a bit | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 40-day period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period before Easter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | When Good Friday occurs | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time for hot cross buns | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave for a bit | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mardi Gras follower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave temorarily | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast time? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Carnival follower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period of fasting | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 40-day period of penitence | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Advanced, in a way | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Allowed to use for a while | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ash Wednesday's season | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hot cross buns season | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Carnival follower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Easter preceder | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ignored Polonius' advice | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter fasting period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 40-day period of penitence | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Spotted | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ash Wednesday to Easter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period beginning on Ash Wednesday | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Quitting time? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Holy Week lead-up | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It follows Mardi Gras | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fasting time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mardi Gras follower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave conditionally | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Provided, as credibility | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Spring time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave credit? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Easter preceder | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 40-weekday observance | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It begins on Ash Wednesday | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave temporarily | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ash Wednesday begins it | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Furnished for a time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ash Wednesday starts it | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time of sacrifice | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | March fast? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pancake Day is the day before this begins | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Passion Sunday period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period of penitence | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave temporarily | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mardi Gras follower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter fasting period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Laetare Sunday occurs during it | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It begins on Ash Wednesday | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Furnished for a time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast time? | 
             | 
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            | Afforded | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Season of repentance | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Provided | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Spring observance | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Spotted | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period of penitence | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period of deprivation | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Allowed to use | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It follows Shrove Tuesday | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Penitent period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Palm Sunday period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Holy Week is a part of it | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Spring fast | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Easter ends it | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast season | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave for a while | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave for a while | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Allowed to use | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Passion Sunday's period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast time? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Extended | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast season | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Imparted | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fat Tuesday follower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Season of penitence | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Shrove Tuesday follower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | When Quadragesima occurs | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Passiontide time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It starts on a Wednesday | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It may begin in February | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Passion Sunday occurs during it | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave temporarily | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Season of fasting | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ash Wednesday beginner | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Palm Sunday period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lead-in to Easter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ash Wednesday follower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Provided for a time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It ends with Easter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave temporarily | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Provided for a time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It ends with Easter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time to give up? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Holy Week wraps it up | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fat Tuesday follower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave temporarily | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period following 17 Down | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time to give up | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Post-Mardi Gras period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Advanced | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time to give up | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Precedes Easter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | The 40 weekdays leading up to Easter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Penitent time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave on condition | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Spotted | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Shrovetide follower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Forty-day period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It can start on leap day | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ash Wednesday kicks it off | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 40-day period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Catholic observance | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Before Easter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mardi Gras aftermath | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fat Tuesday follower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fasting time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Spring observance | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast forty? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Solemn stretch | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Spring season | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Easter lead-in | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Easter preceder | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Antonym of provided | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast time? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period of fasting | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It follows Mardi Gras | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ash Wednesday's season | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It may begin in February | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast season | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It may begin in February | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Easter lead-in | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Contributed temporarily | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 40-day period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lead-in to Easter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast season | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Easter forerunner | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Shrovetide follower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Penitent time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave for a while | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Allowed to use for a while | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Allowed to use for a while | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time to give up? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Forty-day period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Church season | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Season that follows Mardi Gras | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mardi Gras follower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ash Wednesday's season | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time to give up? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time of denial | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Relinquishing time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time to give up | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Shrove Tuesday follower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Temporarily provided | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Palm Sunday period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time to repent and fast | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mardi Gras follow-up | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It starts on Ash Wednesday | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Donated, temporarily | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time to give up | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Easter preceder | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Easter preceder | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time for hot cross buns | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 40-day period before Easter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period of penitence | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 40-day observance | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fasting period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It follows Mardi Gras | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave for awhile | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fat Tuesday follower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Post-Mardi Gras period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Expected a return | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Spring period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hot cross bun time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time to repent and fast | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Shrove Tuesday follower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Prelude to Easter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Imparted | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Penitent season | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Penitential period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ash Wednesday to Easter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Shrove Tuesday follower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time to give up | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 40-day observance | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mardi Gras follower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Shrove Tuesday follower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time for hot cross buns | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast time? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Spring stretch | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Penitential period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast forty? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Relinquishing time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time to give up something | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period before Easter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 40-weekdays season | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter season | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Easter preparation | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Season of giving up | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Easter leader | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fasting time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Advanced cash | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Temporarily gone | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Furnished | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | When Passion Sunday falls | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fasting time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave for a while | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Spring time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sober time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | When Passiontide falls | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period beginning Ash Wednesday | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ash Wednesday starts it | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time to give up | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Solemn time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Extended credit to | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Carnival's end | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fasting season | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fasting time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter season | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Religious period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Advanced | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period before Easter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Let use | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Precedes Easter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fasting period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pasch period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Carnival's end | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast season | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Religious observance | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | When hot cross buns are eaten | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Penitent period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Easter ends it | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mardi Gras's follower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Christian equivalent of Ramadan | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Advanced money | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Afforded | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time of austerity | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Shrovetide follower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Penitential season | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fasting period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It follows Shrovetide | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time after Mardi Gras | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Shrove Tuesday follower | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Religious period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Christian equivalent of Muslims' Ramadan | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ramadan equivalent | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Imparted | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ash Wednesday to Easter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Penitence period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Penitential period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Holy season | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Springtime event | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Season of penitence | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Spring occurrence | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Pasch period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Feb.16–Apr. 2 period in 1983 | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Easter precursor | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | This may seem slow when you fast | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Quadragesimal period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It follows Shrove Tuesday | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | When Quadragesima Sunday comes | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period of 40 weekdays | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Easter's predecessor | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fasting season | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Forty weekdays | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Christian calendar period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Days of penitence | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Church season | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Easter predecessor | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Provided for a spell | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Christian season | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Austere time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 40-day period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Solemn period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Provided | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Did banking business | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time of penitence | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ash Wednesday or Easter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Forty days | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Did a banking job | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Seasonal time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Spring time. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Loaned. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fasting time. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It follows Shrovetide. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It starts March 6. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | After Mardi Gras. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period of fasting. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Religious period. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time to fast. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | When Quadragesima is. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Full of: Suffix. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pre-Easter period. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It begins Feb. 27, 1952. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Forty weekdays. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period of denial. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Allowed temporary use. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Allowed to use. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast days. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It begins March 10, 1943. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Forty-weekday period | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Religious season | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Imparted. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Penitential period. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Afforded. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Spring period. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Entrusted. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Did a bank job. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Seasonal period. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fast time. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Furnished. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Spring season. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Impart. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Quadragesimal time. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave for a time. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Season of spring." | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Great Fast. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Feb. 18 to April 5, 1953. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 40 weekdays. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Fasting period. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time to give up | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time of fasting. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time to give things up | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Provided. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Church season. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Easter Triduum ends it | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period leading up to Easter | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Observance that lasts 40 days | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It ends April 13. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave, but not for keeps. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | What Ash Wednesday heralds. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Feb. 18 to April 4. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Time of religious observance. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Forty days of the year. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It begins Mar. 3rd. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Added. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Forty days. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gave temporarily. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Season the French call carême. | 
             | 
             |