___ tide (4)
'tide' is the definition.
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for season that I've seen before include "' - - of mists ...' (Keats)" , "To dry (wood) for use as timber" , "instruction in recipe" , "Salt, maybe" , "Quarter of the year" .)
'tide' is the definition.
(I know that neap is a type of high tide)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for neap that I've seen before include "Of smallest tidal range" , "The half-way kind of tide" , "Tide with the smallest vertical range" , "Small tide" , "Tide of smallest rise and fall" .)