Crossword clues for Word before four 5 lettersAnswerClueBLEEPFive-letter word that replaces a four-letter word?WHALEWord that can follow the first words of this puzzle's four longest answersEIGHTTotal number of letters in a certain four-word phraseSWOREUsed four-letter wordsOATHSFour-letter wordsBLEEPFour-letter word concealerSALTYFull of four-letter wordsTETRAFour before words, sometimesONALLWords before foursCURSEUse four-letter wordsSWEARSpout four-letter wordsPETITWord with four or pointOATHSFour-letter words, sometimesONALLWords preceding fours or sidesSWEARSay four-letter wordsPETITWord before fourPETITWord before four or painPETITWord before four or pointCLEANFree of four-letter wordsONALLWords with fours or accountsFINALWord with "Four" or "analysis"BLEEPIt may replace a four-letter wordSEINEWord in four French department namesSWEARUse four-letter wordsSWEARExclaim using four-letter wordsBLEEPFour-letter-word eliminatorSTEALWhat one can do, figuratively, to the last words of the four longest Across answersQUADRWord form of "four"DUPES1- and 64-Across, and the first words of the four longest puzzle answersJAMESIt precedes the last words of the four longest puzzle answersONALLWords with accounts or foursIMHITLast words of pilot Red Four in "Star Wars"BLOCKWord aptly represented by four black squares in this puzzleGOOFFExplode, and words needed to complete the four starred answersSTARTWord for "beginning" that encloses four answers in this puzzlePHONECommunications device described by the first words of the puzzle's four longest answersCARESWorries, and word anagrammed in part of four puzzle answersSANDSMetaphor for time ... and, when divided into three words, puzzle theme found in the four longest across answersINANEFoolish ... or, when read as three words, how this puzzle's other four "foolish" answers are arrangedPANDAWorld Wildlife Fund logo ... or a three-word hint to the answers to the four starred cluesDRAMAThe four longest Across answers can cause it, and their last words suggest itSELAHWord of uncertain meaning that appears in the Bible seventy-four timesVOICEWith 64-Across, performer who is like the words sounded out at the starts of the answers to the four starred cluesROADSThere are four hidden in this puzzle, which together suggest a familiar five-word saying (3,5,4,2,4)OATHFour-letter word for a four-letter wordTEAMSUPJoins forces, or the hidden four-letter words in four Down answersBOYSFirst and last word of a common four-word sawIHOPIts four-word name was reduced to four letters in 1973WOODWith 12-Across, hint to four related words hidden in this puzzle's four longest answersASAWords that connect each pair of four-letter words intersecting at a circle