Cryptic crossword clue
Shakespeare’s taken short in drunken evening 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word TWILIGHT

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What does TWILIGHT mean?

TWILIGHT noun
  1. The soft light in the sky seen before the rising and (especially) after the setting of the sun, occasioned by the illumination of the earth’s atmosphere by the direct rays of the sun and their reflection on the earth.
  2. The time when this light is visible; the period between daylight and darkness.
  3. The time when the sun is less than 18° below the horizon.
  4. Any faint light through which something is seen; an in-between or fading condition.
TWILIGHT verb
  1. To illuminate faintly.
TWILIGHT adjective
  1. Pertaining to or resembling twilight; faintly illuminated; obscure.

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