Calendar span (4 letters)

{ Answer }

YEAR

{ Related Clues }

Class
Manager of the ___
New ___
Vintage
1984, e.g.
Calendar unit
Calendar's span
Decade part
Four seasons
January to December
Kind of book
Leap follower
New or leap
Oenologist's concern
Oenologist's interest
Sentence division
Sophomores, e.g.
Time unit
Wine info
687 days on Mars
Class-ring inscription
Mercury's 88 days
Unit in many a sentence
Eighty-eight days on Mercury
Info in a used car ad
On Mars, this is 687 days
"Very good" period in songdom

{ Tags }

around, calendar, class, concern, days, eg, info, inscription, leap, oenologists, once, period, ring, seasons, sol, span, time, unit, vintage, wine, year

{ Notes }

The answer YEAR is seen frequently, appearing about once every 80 puzzles.

{ Definition }

YEAR as a noun:

1. (year, twelvemonth, yr) = a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920"

2. a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity; "a school year"

3. the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun; "a Martian year takes 687 of our days"

4. (class, year) = a body of students who graduate together; "the class of '97"; "she was in my year at Hoehandle High"