"The Children's ___" (4 letters)

{ Answer }

HOUR

{ Related Clues }

One of 24
H-___
Happy ___
Time
Twelve to one
Witching, for one
2:00 or 3:00
3,600 seconds
60 minutes
Appointed time
Chime time, with "the"
Clock division
Clock hand
Compline or sext
Cuckoo's announcement
Kind of glass
Kind of hand
Part of a day
Period of time
Rush follower
Sixty minutes
Time period
Time span
Time unit
Jean Kerr's "Lunch ___"
Lesson duration, often
Midnight to 1 A.M.
"Now Is the ___," 1946 song
"___ of the Wolf" (Bergman film)
"___ of the Wolf," Bergman film
Word with glass or hand
Word with rush or credit
Length of many a TV drama
"Lunch ___," Jean Kerr play
TV drama length, usually
11 or 12, but not 13

{ Tags }

announcement, appointed, childrens, cuckoos, drama, glass, hand, hour, jean, kind, length, lunch, midnight, minutes, period, sixty, time, tv, unit, 24, 1946

{ Notes }

The answer HOUR is common and appears about once every 200 puzzles.

{ Definition }

HOUR as a noun:

1. (hour, hr, 60 minutes) = a period of time equal to 1/24th of a day; "the job will take more than an hour"

2. (hour, time of day) = clock time; "the hour is getting late"

3. a special and memorable period; "it was their finest hour"

4. (hour, minute) = distance measured by the time taken to cover it; "we live an hour from the airport"; "its just 10 minutes away"