Time out? (3)
'time out?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for spell that I've seen before include "Period of time - bewitching utterance" , "Short period of time; incantation" , "influence" , "Magic formula - period of time" , "Put letters in right order" .)
This could be a double definition.
'time' is the first definition.
(I know that night is a type of crepuscle)
'out?' is the second definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I cannot understand how one could define the other.
(Other definitions for night that I've seen before include "'Red sky at . . . . ., shepherd's delight'" , "Time for turning" , "Sunset to sunrise" , "''Tender is the ...'' (F Scott Fitzgerald)|" , "Period of darkness" .)
'time out' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both related to time as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for leave that I've seen before include "Soldier's holiday" , "Pull out" , "Something taken by those withdrawing" , "Depart - on authorised holidays?" , "Insufficient foliage" .)
'time out?' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for nap that I've seen before include "Pile (on e.g. velvet)" , "Sleep lightly" , "A short day-sleep" , "Short raised fibres on cloth on snooker table" , "A brief sleep, forty winks" .)
'time out?' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for coma that I've seen before include "Deep trance" , "Deep sleep" , "Unconsciousness from which person cannot be aroused" , "State of insensibility" , "Unconscious state" .)
(Other definitions for hold it that I've seen before include "Cease action - get a grip!" , "Wait" , "Informally, cease action" , "Hang on a minute" , "Stop right there!" .)