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noun • Roman goddess of night; daughter of Erebus; counterpart of Greek Nyx • the time after sunset and before sunrise while it is dark outside • a period of ignorance or backwardness or gloom • the period spent sleeping • the dark part of the diurnal cycle considered a time unit • darkness • a shortening of nightfall • the time between sunset and midnight | ||||||||
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noun • a state of partial or total darkness • a feeling of melancholy apprehension • an atmosphere of depression and melancholy | ||||||||
Near To The Start Of Darkness Crossword Clue
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NIGHT which was last seen in the The Guardian Cryptic crossword.
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We think the answer to this crossword clue is:
NIGHT
Updated: October 14, 2023
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