A very long time
The crossword clue "A very long time" is answered by EONS, a 4-letter entry. Used 10 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1997. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
EONS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EONS answer page.
Used 10 times across 6 distinct years; most recently in 2022; first recorded in 1997. 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.
- INACOONSAGE (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for EONS
Every other clue in this collection answered by EONS, most used first.
- Ages and ages - used 203 times, most recently in 2026
- Billions of years - used 111 times, most recently in 2026
- Seemingly forever - used 93 times, most recently in 2026
- Ages - used 68 times, most recently in 2026
- Many millennia - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Eternities - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Years and years - used 37 times, most recently in 2026
- Long periods of time - used 36 times, most recently in 2024
- Long, long times - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
- Geologic periods - used 29 times, most recently in 2021
- Long periods - used 28 times, most recently in 2025
- Long, long time - used 23 times, most recently in 2024
- Ages upon ages - used 22 times, most recently in 2023
- Time periods - used 22 times, most recently in 2007
- Very long time - used 22 times, most recently in 2025
- Long times - used 21 times, most recently in 2025
- Ages on end - used 20 times, most recently in 2019
- Extremely long time - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Forever and ever - used 19 times, most recently in 2026
- Millions of years - used 19 times, most recently in 2023
- A long, long time - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Forever and a day - used 18 times, most recently in 2025
- Forever, seemingly - used 18 times, most recently in 2026
- Long stretches - used 17 times, most recently in 2026
- Millennia - used 16 times, most recently in 2025
- Almost forever - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Many, many moons - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Very long times - used 15 times, most recently in 2025
- Years on end - used 15 times, most recently in 2017
- A dog's age - used 14 times, most recently in 2022
- Geological periods - used 14 times, most recently in 2026
- Forever - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Forever, it seems - used 13 times, most recently in 2025
- Many ages - used 12 times, most recently in 2025
- Years and years and years - used 12 times, most recently in 2024
- Countless ages - used 11 times, most recently in 2018
- Many moons - used 11 times, most recently in 2026
- Untold centuries - used 11 times, most recently in 2007
- Countless years - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- Many, many years - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- Really long times - used 10 times, most recently in 2024
- A really long time - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Countless centuries - used 9 times, most recently in 2018
- Time immemorial - used 9 times, most recently in 2016
- A long, long, long time - used 8 times, most recently in 2015
- Time on end - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- A seeming eternity - used 7 times, most recently in 2025
- An eternity - used 7 times, most recently in 2024
- Donkey's years - used 7 times, most recently in 2021
- Geological time periods - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Long time - used 7 times, most recently in 2010
- Long time periods - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Really long time - used 7 times, most recently in 2022
- Very long time periods - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- A long time - used 6 times, most recently in 2023
- Ages upon ages of time - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Long, long, long time - used 6 times, most recently in 2024
- Practically forever - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
- Such a long time - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Time divisions - used 6 times, most recently in 2005
- Tons of time - used 6 times, most recently in 2020
- Very long spans - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Very long stretches of time - used 6 times, most recently in 2025
- Zillions of years - used 6 times, most recently in 2011
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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.
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- A single time - ONCE, used 296 times
- "Once ___ a time ..." - UPON, used 284 times
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- Very much - ALOT, used 162 times
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