A really long time

The answer

AGES

4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AGES answer page.

Used 19 times across 12 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 2010. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.

• EONS (9 uses in xd)
• YEARS (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for AGES

Every other clue in this collection answered by AGES, most used first.

• A long time - used 156 times, most recently in 2026
• Matures - used 153 times, most recently in 2026
• Gets older - used 136 times, most recently in 2026
• Mellows - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• Years and years - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
• Ripens - used 64 times, most recently in 2025
• Grows older - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Quite a while - used 60 times, most recently in 2025
• "Rock of ___" - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Eras - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Long time - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Seemingly forever - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Many moons - used 48 times, most recently in 2025
• A long, long time - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• Historic times - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Gets on in years - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Gets on - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Quite some time - used 27 times, most recently in 2022
• Grows gray - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
• Long, long time - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• Grows old - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
• A very long time - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Census data - used 24 times, most recently in 2018
• Forever and a day - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Matures, as wine - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Very long time - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
• Forever - used 19 times, most recently in 2024
• A month of Sundays - used 18 times, most recently in 2019
• "I haven't seen you in ___!" - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
• Improves, as wine - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
• Eons - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
• Forever, seemingly - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• Such a long time - used 16 times, most recently in 2026
• ". . . and children of all ___!" - used 15 times, most recently in 2018
• Generations - used 15 times, most recently in 2024
• Bronze and Iron - used 13 times, most recently in 2006
• Dark ___ - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
• Gets mellower - used 13 times, most recently in 2015
• Periods - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
• Census statistics - used 12 times, most recently in 2014
• Epochs - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
• Has another birthday - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Iron and Bronze - used 11 times, most recently in 2020
• Many years - used 11 times, most recently in 2022
• Quite a long time - used 11 times, most recently in 2024
• Really long time - used 11 times, most recently in 2025
• Countless years - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
• "... for children of all ___!" - used 10 times, most recently in 2015
• Iron and Stone - used 10 times, most recently in 2006
• Puts on years - used 10 times, most recently in 2014
• Awfully long time - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Grows up - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
• Long wait - used 9 times, most recently in 2021
• An eternity - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• Census stats - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Iron and Ice - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
• Mellows, as wine - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
• "Now he belongs to the ___" - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Periods of time - used 8 times, most recently in 2023
• Quite a spell - used 8 times, most recently in 2024
• Refines, as wine - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
• Stone and Iron - used 8 times, most recently in 2021
• Times - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
• Centuries. - used 7 times, most recently in 1997
• Def Leppard hit "Rock of ___" - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Eon segments - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Historic periods - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
• Historical periods - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• Lifetimes - used 7 times, most recently in 2016
• Long stretches - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
• Many a moon - used 7 times, most recently in 2009
• Middle ___. - used 7 times, most recently in 2020
• Time periods - used 7 times, most recently in 2015
• Years on end - used 7 times, most recently in 2023
• 10 and 8, for Bart and Lisa Simpson - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Forever and ever - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
• Gets old - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
• Improves, as cheese - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Like for-EV-er - used 6 times, most recently in 2022
• Long periods - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
• Mellows with time - used 6 times, most recently in 2023

Related clues

Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.

• At any time - EVER, used 696 times
• A single time - ONCE, used 296 times
• "Once ___ a time ..." - UPON, used 284 times
• Long story - SAGA, used 247 times
• It's a long story - SAGA, used 161 times
• High time? - NOON, used 151 times

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