Month leading up to Rosh Hashanah (4)

I believe the answer is:

elul

'month leading up to rosh hashanah' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for elul that I've seen before include "period of time" , "Month for Jews" .)

I've seen this clue in The Wall Street Journal.

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