Long periods of time
The crossword clue "Long periods of time" is answered by EONS, a 4-letter entry. Used 36 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus.
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EONS
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the EONS answer page.
Used 36 times across 26 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1942. It appears in 9 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
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- AEONS (2 uses in xd)
Other clues for EONS
Every other clue in this collection answered by EONS, most used first.
- Billions of years - used 111 times, most recently in 2026
- Eternities - used 52 times, most recently in 2026
- Long, long times - used 31 times, most recently in 2026
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
- Historical periods - ERAS, used 232 times
- Historic periods - ERAS, used 183 times
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