Remembrance of Things Past is a novel by Marcel Proust, originally published in French as À la recherche du temps perdu. The term can refer to the act of remembering or recollecting past experiences, and the solutions to the crossword provide related words. A SOUVENIR is an item that serves as a reminder of a person, place, or event, while a RELIC is an object that has survived from an earlier time. RECALL is the act of remembering or recollecting something, and AFTERTASTE is the lingering flavor or impression left by something experienced in the past.