| Suitable for all ___ (G-rated) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Very long time | 
            Newsday | 
            30 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Epoch divisions | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            29 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Many moons | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            20 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Forever and a day | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            19 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Anglers regularly disappearing for long periods | 
            The Times Quick Cryptic | 
            17 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Grows old | 
            The Telegraph Mini | 
            16 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | A really long time | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            16 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Great spans of time | 
            The Times Concise | 
            16 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Big stretches, maybe | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "10 and up" preceder | 
            New York Times | 
            08 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | A long time | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            07 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Package somehow goes around seemingly forever | 
            The Times Quick Cryptic | 
            07 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Gets on | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            06 Oct 2025 | 
          
          
            | Grows older | 
            USA Today | 
            28 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Matures | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            28 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Typically exaggerated length of time | 
            New York Times | 
            20 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Becomes mature | 
            Commuter | 
            18 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | A long while | 
            USA Today | 
            13 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Long time | 
            Newsday | 
            12 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Develops, as bourbon in a barrel | 
            New York Times | 
            09 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Ripens, as cheese or wine | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Improves in a wine cellar | 
            Newsday | 
            08 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | Quite a stretch | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            06 Sep 2025 | 
          
          
            | The Dark ___ | 
            USA Today | 
            27 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Experiences the passage of time | 
            Universal | 
            24 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Ice and Bronze | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            23 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Really long time | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            16 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Sage cultivated for a long time (4) | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            13 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Eras (4) | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            13 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Great times | 
            Newsday | 
            09 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | Grows older | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            03 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Rock of __" | 
            Commuter | 
            02 Aug 2025 | 
          
          
            | A long time | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            29 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | "That's one for the __!" | 
            Commuter | 
            26 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            Commuter | 
            23 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Hours and hours and hours and hours and ... | 
            The Telegraph Mini | 
            21 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Seemingly forever | 
            Universal | 
            21 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Mellows, as cheese | 
            Newsday | 
            21 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Grows older | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            20 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Rock of ___-, hit 2012 musical movie featuring an ensemble cast (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Becomes more ripe | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Factors in baby clothing sizes | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            17 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | A relatively long time (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Has another birthday | 
            Universal | 
            15 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Gets on gunboat's prow in choppy sea (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "One for the ___" (exceptionally memorable) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Seemingly forever | 
            New York Times | 
            13 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Many, many years | 
            Newsday | 
            13 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Inspirations for Adele's album titles | 
            Universal | 
            11 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Yonks | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            10 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Many moons | 
            New York Times | 
            09 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Long time | 
            Newsday | 
            06 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Board game recommendation | 
            New York Times | 
            06 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Dark ___, ill-attested periods of history (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Periods of time people are in existence (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gets wiser, maybe | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            03 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            Commuter | 
            02 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | Needs one more candle on one's cake | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            01 Jul 2025 | 
          
          
            | A long, long time | 
            USA Today | 
            29 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Gets more complex, like wine | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Forever, seemingly | 
            Commuter | 
            27 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Times when learned men lose their heads (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Years of people's lives | 
            Family Time | 
            23 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Years and years | 
            Family Time | 
            22 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | "It's been ___ since I last saw you!" ("Long time no see!") | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Bit of copper off metal enclosures for donkeys | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Improves, as wine | 
            Newsday | 
            16 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Ancient history study | 
            Newsday | 
            13 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Gets on in years | 
            USA Today | 
            08 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Adds on birthdays | 
            Family Time | 
            08 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | "I the heir of all -in the foremost files of time." Tennyson, Locksley Hall (1842) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Numbers between 0 and 122, for humans so far | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Generations | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            05 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Anglers regularly departing for a long time | 
            The Times Quick Cryptic | 
            04 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Mellows | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            04 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Seemingly forever | 
            USA Today | 
            02 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            Commuter | 
            02 Jun 2025 | 
          
          
            | Years and years | 
            Universal | 
            30 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            Commuter | 
            30 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Many moons | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            29 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Jukebox musical built around classic rock songs from the 1980s, Rock Of _ (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Earnings do not begin for a long time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Grows older | 
            Universal | 
            23 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | After "Dark" or "Middle" | 
            USA Today Quick | 
            22 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Long periods of time | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            22 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Entries in a family album | 
            Family Time | 
            18 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Goes from | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Reports must dispel trouble for a long time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Rock of- - -, hymn (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Birthday numbers | 
            USA Today | 
            12 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Ice and Bronze | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            12 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Relatively long time | 
            Mirror Classic | 
            09 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Puts on years | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Years and years | 
            USA Today | 
            08 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Forever and a day | 
            USA Today | 
            05 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Looks old and sage, perhaps (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A long time | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            05 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Rock of _, 2012 musical film starring Tom Cruise as rock star Stacee Jaxx (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Goes from 0 to 60? | 
            New York Times | 
            04 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Initially cut salaries forever | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Hymn: Rock of - | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Years and years | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            01 May 2025 | 
          
          
            | Improves, as wine | 
            Newsday | 
            28 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | A long time | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            26 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | A long time | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            24 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | ''... for children of all ___!'' | 
            Family Time | 
            21 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | 13 and 14, in PG-13 and TV-14 | 
            USA Today | 
            16 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | 13 and 14, in PG-13 and TV-l4 | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Keeps in a cellar, perhaps | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            13 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Long span | 
            Newsday | 
            11 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Figures on board game boxes | 
            Newsday | 
            10 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Period in European history from around the late 5th century to about 1100 AD (4,4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | See 22 Down | 
            Mirror Quiz | 
            07 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            Commuter | 
            03 Apr 2025 | 
          
          
            | Middle and Stone | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A long time | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            26 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Very long times | 
            Commuter | 
            25 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | One gets older for a long, long time (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Matures | 
            New York Times | 
            24 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Hardly a short spell | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Seemingly forever | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            20 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | So long - one does, year by year! (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Space and Stone | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Middle or Dark | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | *Musical based on 1980s rock "Rock of ___" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mellows, as cheese | 
            Newsday | 
            10 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Gets closer to retirement | 
            Family Time | 
            09 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Stone and iron, e.g. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Eras | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            04 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Possibly sage for a long time (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sage cultivated for a long time | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            04 Mar 2025 | 
          
          
            | Gets older and (hopefully) wiser | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Rock of ___"; Alec Baldwin movie | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Forever and a half | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            27 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Matures, as wine | 
            Universal | 
            27 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | "Rock of ___" (jukebox musical) | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            26 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Things learned by dating | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gets on for a good while | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Iron and Stone | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Surprisingly sage at times (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Victorian and Space | 
            LA Times Mini | 
            17 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            Universal | 
            17 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Rock Of ___, stage musical featuring rock songs from the 1980s (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ice and Bronze | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            13 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Long time | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            13 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Reaches maturity | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Becomes older and maybe, wiser | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Bronze and Iron, for two | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | '... for children of all ___!' | 
            Family Time | 
            10 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Improves in the cask | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A long time | 
            The Times Concise | 
            05 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            Commuter | 
            04 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | A really long time | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            03 Feb 2025 | 
          
          
            | Rock Of _, jukebox musical and 2012 Tom Cruise movie (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A long time | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            31 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Ripens | 
            Commuter | 
            29 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Long, long time | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            28 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            USA Today Quick | 
            24 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Seemingly forever | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            23 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Ice, dark or middle ___ | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Sage is cooked for a long time (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Rock Of _, 2012 jukebox musical film starring Tom Cruise (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Improves, as wine | 
            Newsday | 
            20 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Initially acceptable, telling inappropriate jokes finally grows old (4) | 
            The Guardian Cryptic | 
            14 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            Commuter | 
            13 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | A long, long time | 
            New York Times | 
            12 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | So long | 
            Newsday | 
            11 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Grows old | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            08 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Sage cultivated for a long time | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            08 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Eras | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            05 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Many moons | 
            New York Times | 
            05 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Sage cultivated for a long time | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            05 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | A long time eons (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Passengers in carriage sat a long time (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Forever | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            01 Jan 2025 | 
          
          
            | Range listed on board games | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            18 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Wiseacres Sun ignored for a very long time (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Improves, as wine | 
            Newsday | 
            09 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Wise man going head-to-tail for such a long time (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Much more than a moment | 
            Newsday | 
            07 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            Commuter | 
            06 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Yonks | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            05 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Sage cultivated for a long time | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            04 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Eras | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            04 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Long stretches | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            03 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Rock of ___, 2012 musical film featuring Tom Cruise (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Matures | 
            New York Times | 
            01 Dec 2024 | 
          
          
            | Degenerates set up video game company | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            27 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Rock of ___," Tom Cruise starrer | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Takes a long time to get old (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Refines some wine | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Seven to be gone through as one gets older (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Yonks | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            20 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Volatile gas surrounds Earth's first of many moons (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | What wine does well. | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Suitable for all ___ (G-rated) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gets old silver, best seen with ends removed (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Much time is taken up in obtuse games (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | What a long time it takes as one matures (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pay won't start for a long time (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Becomes more mature | 
            Commuter | 
            06 Nov 2024 | 
          
          
            | Cultivated sage for a long time (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Mellows over time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A relatively long time, informally (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Relatively long time | 
            Mirror Classic | 
            30 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Pay not beginning for a time (4) | 
            Puzzler Cryptic | 
            29 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Too long (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Adds another candle to your birthday cake | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It's a long time for the wise to put head to tail (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Matures | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            22 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Matures, as cheese | 
            New York Times Mini | 
            21 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Passes one's youth mincing sage (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | How a sage matures | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Eras | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            15 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Sage cultivated for a long time | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            15 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Christian hymn by Augustus Toplady, Rock of - - - (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            Commuter | 
            12 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Eras | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            06 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Sage cultivated for yonks | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            06 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | A long time for some wage slaves | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Young male servants scrubbing quietly for a long time | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            01 Oct 2024 | 
          
          
            | Round off dangerous periods in history (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            Commuter | 
            30 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Date when people celebrate St. Patrick | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Date when people celebrate Xmas | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ice and Bronze | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            28 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            27 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | When, for instance, going back through the years (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            Commuter | 
            19 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Women missed out on pay for a long time (4) | 
            The Guardian Cryptic | 
            18 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Mellows, like wine | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Grows older | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            12 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | 7, 8, 9, etc. | 
            USA Today | 
            11 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Really long time | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            11 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Mellows in a cellar | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Improves, as wine or cheese | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Historic times | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            07 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Long time to wait | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            07 Sep 2024 | 
          
          
            | Middle ____ (period largely before the Renaissance) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "It's been ___ since I've seen you!" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Pass such a long time in the corridors (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Numbers on board game boxes | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | It takes a long time to get how old people are (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A very, very, very long time | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            Commuter | 
            31 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Seemingly forever | 
            Commuter | 
            29 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Herb cycling for a long time (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Suitable for all ___" (words that mean family friendly) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Years and years | 
            Universal | 
            24 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | A long time people have lived? (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A long time | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            23 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Sage cultivated for a long time | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            20 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Eras | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            20 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Years and years | 
            Newsday | 
            20 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Numbers on birthday cards | 
            USA Today | 
            20 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Numbers for everyone in your family | 
            Family Time | 
            12 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            USA Today | 
            04 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Numbers of birthdays | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Forever | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            04 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Gets mature | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            04 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Rock of __, cleft for me" | 
            Commuter | 
            01 Aug 2024 | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            Commuter | 
            31 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Turns yellow or mellow | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Quite a spell | 
            Newsday | 
            26 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Seemingly forever | 
            Commuter | 
            23 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Times leaders are generally edited scrupulously (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | In historic times, a wandering sage (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ripens | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            21 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Sits in the cellar | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Keeps in a wine barrel | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Unrespited, unpitied, unreprieved, - of hopeless end." Milton, Paradise Lost (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Too long to wait for a half of sausages (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Yonks? (4) | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            11 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Cultivating sage for a long time | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            11 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Grows older | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            11 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Eras | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            11 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | ____ and ____, a very long time | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            10 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Forever | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            09 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Girl disheartened for very long time | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            09 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Man has seven, according to Shakespeare | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Shows anger about a current measure and rushes about wildly (8) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A long time initially always gets everybody settled (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | So long as one does, year by year (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Period when extra long game ends finally | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Celebrates another birthday | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | 70 to 79, for septuagenarians | 
            New York Times | 
            01 Jul 2024 | 
          
          
            | Dark __ | 
            Newsday | 
            29 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Is furious right away - for a long time (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | *Spicy, berry-flavored dessert wine | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            27 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Phases of being (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            Commuter | 
            22 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | A gesture starts when one matures (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Seemingly forever | 
            Commuter | 
            20 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            Commuter | 
            19 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Lives year after year | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Times of life | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ice and Bronze | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            14 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            Commuter | 
            12 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Sage mixture matures (4) | 
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            | Gets older germanium as it's outside (4) | 
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            | A long time | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            09 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Years and years | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            08 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | A long time, commonly (4) | 
             | 
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            | Spent a long time in the rummage sale (4) | 
             | 
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            | Gets more mature | 
            Commuter | 
            01 Jun 2024 | 
          
          
            | Agnes loses heart and grows old | 
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            | "Rock of ___" (2000s jukebox musical) | 
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            | Eons | 
            Commuter | 
            28 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Relatively long time | 
            Mirror Classic | 
            26 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | See 18 Down | 
            Mirror Quiz | 
            23 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Matures for a long time (4) | 
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            | 2012 comedy-drama film starring Julianne Hough and Diego Boneta (4,2,4) | 
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            | Shakespearean septet | 
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            | Life times? | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            22 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Eons | 
            Commuter | 
            22 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Years and years, ... ago | 
             | 
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            | Matures | 
            The Telegraph Cross Atlantic | 
            20 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | A long time getting back from the rose garden | 
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            | A long, long time | 
            Commuter | 
            16 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Grows older | 
            Commuter | 
            15 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Improves, as whiskey | 
            Universal | 
            14 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Jukebox musical built around classic rock songs of the 1980s, Rock Of _ (4) | 
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            | Quite a while | 
            New York Times | 
            10 May 2024 | 
          
          
            | Middle ___; medieval period | 
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            | Elds (4) | 
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            | A long time (Informal) (4) | 
             | 
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            | Along time (Informal) (4) | 
             | 
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            | Grows older when leaves shed softly (4) | 
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            | A long time getting how old people are (4) | 
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            | "His acts being seven __" a from As You Like It (4) | 
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            | "His acts being seven __" - from As You Like It | 
            The Guardian Weekend | 
            20 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | What Benjamin Button does in reverse | 
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            | Anglers regularly cast out for a long time (4) | 
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            | Time it takes for hostages to shake off crowd (4) | 
             | 
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            | Years and years | 
            New York Times Mini | 
            09 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Quite a while | 
            Family Time | 
            08 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Muddled sage grows old (4) | 
            Puzzler Cryptic | 
            07 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Game box range | 
            Universal | 
            07 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Years and years | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            04 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Long time | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            03 Apr 2024 | 
          
          
            | Sea trips use up long periods of time (8) | 
             | 
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            | In the rough sea a good long time | 
             | 
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            | Matures | 
            Newsday | 
            31 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Annoying wait | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            30 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Gets on in stages (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Such a long time | 
            Universal | 
            28 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Range listed on video games | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            27 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Goes from 13 to 14 | 
            Family Time | 
            24 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Rock of ___ (2012 movie musical) | 
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            | "I haven't seen this in ___!" | 
             | 
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            | Has birthdays | 
            Family Time | 
            17 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Sage going out for a long time (4) | 
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            | Workers' pay initially ignored for a very long time (4) | 
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            | A long time in bandages after group left (4) | 
             | 
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            | Gets old averages without having to aver (4) | 
             | 
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            | Taking a long time to begin to make a gesture (4) | 
             | 
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            | Gets less green, say | 
            New York Times | 
            09 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Numbers that never get smaller | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ever-increasing numbers | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            09 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Mellows | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            09 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Forever and ever | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            06 Mar 2024 | 
          
          
            | Allows to ripen, as cheese | 
             | 
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            | A wise man changes as he grows older | 
             | 
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            | It takes so long, being accepted in village society (4) | 
             | 
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            | A G rating admits them all | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Reason and Enlightenment | 
             | 
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            | Grows older | 
            Family Time | 
            26 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Ice and Stone, say (4) | 
             | 
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            | Not all the ravages are due to time! (4) | 
             | 
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            | Rock of ___, hymn | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Ice and Bronze | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            20 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | A long time reducing averages (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Relatively long time | 
            Mirror Classic | 
            16 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            Universal | 
            15 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Pages quietly removed over a long time (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "___ 5 and up" (sign by many hot tubs) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Forever | 
            New York Times Mini | 
            12 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Becomes older (4) | 
             | 
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            | Gets older | 
            Commuter | 
            07 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Anagram of "Sage" | 
             | 
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            | A long, long time | 
            Newsday | 
            06 Feb 2024 | 
          
          
            | Sage cooked for a long time (4) | 
             | 
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            | Grows gray | 
             | 
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            | A long time needed for some wage settlements (4) | 
             | 
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            | For how long could you play with Sega? (4) | 
             | 
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            | Improves in a cellar, say | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            31 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | Gets along without a man for a long time (4) | 
             | 
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            | Historic spans | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            22 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | Rock of ___, 2012 rom-com musical featuring Tom Cruise (4) | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Periods in history | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            16 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | A long time | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            16 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | Starts to appear geriatric, exhibiting senility? (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Starts to appear geriatric, exhibiting senility? | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            11 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | Wrinkles in time? | 
            New York Times | 
            10 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | "Dark" or "Middle" ending | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Historic times | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            05 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | A long time | 
            The Guardian Quick | 
            04 Jan 2024 | 
          
          
            | Matures, like wine | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "Rock of ___" (2012 movie-musical flop) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Middle __; historical period | 
            Commuter | 
            29 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Really long time | 
            Newsday | 
            29 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Epochs | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            24 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Matures | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            21 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Grows older | 
            Commuter | 
            18 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Suitable for all ___ (G-rated) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A long time | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            05 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | A long, long time | 
            USA Today | 
            02 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Cultivating sage takes a long time | 
            Mirror Cryptic | 
            02 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Eras | 
            Mirror Quick | 
            02 Dec 2023 | 
          
          
            | Console revolutionary for a long time (4) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Forevvvvvver | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            28 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Mellows with time | 
            Newsday | 
            27 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Long time spans | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | How long it can feel like to wait | 
            New York Times | 
            23 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | Ripens, like cheese | 
            USA Today | 
            09 Nov 2023 | 
          
          
            | A super long time | 
            USA Today | 
            31 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Years and years | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            30 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Long time | 
            Family Time | 
            29 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Times thunders, putting out leader | 
            The Times Quick Cryptic | 
            19 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Number range on many board game boxes | 
            USA Today | 
            17 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Grows old | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            15 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Mellows | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            10 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Forever | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            08 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | A long, long time | 
            USA Today | 
            06 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | Years and years | 
            Universal | 
            03 Oct 2023 | 
          
          
            | A long time | 
            Newsday | 
            29 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Grows old | 
            Universal | 
            24 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Eras | 
            Universal | 
            22 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Industrial and Stone | 
            Universal | 
            19 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | 8+, for Yahtzee | 
            New York Times | 
            15 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Ice and Bronze | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            12 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Mellows with time | 
            Newsday | 
            11 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | "Rock of ___," Tom Cruise starrer | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Many moons | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            02 Sep 2023 | 
          
          
            | Ripens; a long time | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            25 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Years and years | 
            USA Today | 
            22 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Forever and a day | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            15 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Historic times | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            15 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Improves with time, like wine | 
            New York Times | 
            14 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            14 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Mellows | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            10 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | A really long time | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            03 Aug 2023 | 
          
          
            | Piles on birthdays | 
            Family Time | 
            30 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Word on Battleship boxes | 
            Newsday | 
            29 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Mellows | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            27 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Mellows | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            25 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Historical eras | 
            The Guardian Quick | 
            24 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Dark __ | 
            Newsday | 
            15 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Forever | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            13 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Wise man's head is lowered for a long time | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            11 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Matures | 
            Newsday | 
            11 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Grows older | 
            USA Today | 
            08 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Quite a spell | 
            Newsday | 
            07 Jul 2023 | 
          
          
            | Mellows, as cheese | 
            Newsday | 
            27 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | For-eh-ver | 
            New York Times | 
            25 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | Countless years | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            24 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | Things jotted in family albums | 
            Family Time | 
            20 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | Entries in a family album | 
            Family Time | 
            19 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | A long time | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            09 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | Matures | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            08 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | Eons | 
            New York Times | 
            06 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | Suitable for all ___ (G-rated) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            05 Jun 2023 | 
          
          
            | Things written in family albums | 
            Family Time | 
            21 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Ice and Bronze | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            13 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Becomes a year older, say | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "For ___ 3 and above" (toy box specification) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A long, long time | 
            Newsday | 
            07 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | A long time in storage space | 
            The Guardian Cryptic | 
            01 May 2023 | 
          
          
            | Years and years | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            21 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | In Tangiers, it regularly takes a long time | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            19 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Gets on in years | 
            USA Today | 
            09 Apr 2023 | 
          
          
            | Parts of times tables | 
            Newsday | 
            25 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | Long, long time | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            13 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | Donkey's stealing heart from Governess Grey? | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            01 Mar 2023 | 
          
          
            | Things sometimes named after metals | 
            New York Times | 
            25 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | Mellows | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            20 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            USA Today | 
            17 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | See 21 | 
            The Guardian Cryptic | 
            16 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | Matures, as whiskey | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            13 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | The Middle ___ (Medieval Times setting) | 
            Family Time | 
            13 Feb 2023 | 
          
          
            | Senesces | 
            New York Times | 
            28 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Ripens | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            22 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            USA Today | 
            19 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Long periods | 
            Newsday | 
            15 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | A long, long time | 
            New York Times | 
            11 Jan 2023 | 
          
          
            | Aeronian and Aquitanian, e.g | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            29 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | Long time | 
            Newsday | 
            28 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            28 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | Refines, as wine | 
            Newsday | 
            11 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | A long time | 
            The Guardian Quick | 
            03 Dec 2022 | 
          
          
            | Develops flavor, as cheese or wine | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gets more expensive as wine, say | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Eras | 
            Canadiana | 
            07 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | Grows older | 
            Family Time | 
            06 Nov 2022 | 
          
          
            | '___ 6 and up' | 
            New York Times | 
            29 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | “___ 6 and up” | 
            New York Times | 
            29 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | Very long time | 
            Newsday | 
            23 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | They're shared by twins | 
            New York Times | 
            20 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | A long time | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            20 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | A really long time | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            17 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | Matures | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            15 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | Gets better in a wine cellar, hopefully | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            13 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | Grows old | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            09 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | Grows older | 
            Universal | 
            07 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | Very long time | 
            Newsday | 
            04 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | Quite a long time | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            03 Oct 2022 | 
          
          
            | Characteristics that rarely change in cartoons | 
            New York Times | 
            23 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | They increase on Tet | 
            USA Today | 
            18 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | A very long time | 
            USA Today | 
            01 Sep 2022 | 
          
          
            | Allows to ripen | 
            Newsday | 
            31 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | A long, long time | 
            New York Times | 
            28 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Matures | 
            Universal | 
            25 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Grows older | 
            Family Time | 
            22 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Goes from 13 to 14 | 
            Family Time | 
            21 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            USA Today | 
            18 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Many moons | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            18 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Matures, as wine | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Eras | 
            Canadiana | 
            08 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | A long time | 
            The Times Concise | 
            02 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Birthday after birthday after birthday | 
            Family Time | 
            01 Aug 2022 | 
          
          
            | Quite a while | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            28 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Grows older | 
            Family Time | 
            22 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Goes from 13 to adult | 
            Family Time | 
            21 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Aeons | 
            The Guardian Speedy | 
            17 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | A long time | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            14 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Bronze, Iron, et al | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            13 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Eras | 
            Newsday | 
            13 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Gets on | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            07 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Donkey's stealing heart from governess Grey | 
            The Times Cryptic | 
            06 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Mellows with time | 
            Newsday | 
            05 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Numbers that increase annually | 
            Universal | 
            03 Jul 2022 | 
          
          
            | Years and years | 
            USA Today | 
            29 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Mellows | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            18 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Range listed on board games | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            17 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Middle ___ (time before the Renaissance) | 
            New York Times | 
            13 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Carders' concerns | 
            Newsday | 
            09 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | A long time | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            04 Jun 2022 | 
          
          
            | Mellows | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            26 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Celebrates a birthday? | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | A good long while | 
            Universal | 
            20 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Improves, maybe | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            14 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Improves, maybe | 
            The Washington Post | 
            14 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | A seeming eternity | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            10 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Moves forward in life | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            08 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Extremely long, undetermined amount of time | 
            Family Time | 
            08 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | Mellows | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            04 May 2022 | 
          
          
            | A mighty long time | 
            New York Times | 
            30 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Forever | 
            USA Today | 
            30 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Dark __ | 
            Newsday | 
            23 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Quite some time | 
            USA Today | 
            16 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | A really long time | 
            USA Today | 
            13 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Matures | 
            Newsday | 
            12 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | Matures, like wine | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gospel classic, "Rock of ___" | 
            Family Time | 
            03 Apr 2022 | 
          
          
            | 'I haven't seen you in ___!' | 
            USA Today | 
            31 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Iron and Bronze, for two | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            30 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | A long time | 
            The Washington Post | 
            29 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | A long time | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            29 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Becomes more mature | 
            Newsday | 
            21 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Improves, as wine | 
            New York Times | 
            14 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | A really long time | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            14 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Improves, as cheese | 
            Newsday | 
            09 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | "For kids ___ 3 and up" | 
            Family Time | 
            07 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Periods with names | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            06 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Periods with names | 
            The Washington Post | 
            06 Mar 2022 | 
          
          
            | Aeons | 
            Canadiana | 
            28 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Numbers on a board game box | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            28 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Matures | 
            Universal | 
            16 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Becomes more mature | 
            Newsday | 
            14 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Stone and Bronze, for example | 
            USA Today | 
            12 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Mellows | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            08 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Wise men heading off for a long time  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            02 Feb 2022 | 
          
          
            | Historic times | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            26 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | Historic times | 
            The Washington Post | 
            26 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | Gets on in years | 
            Universal | 
            23 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | A long while | 
            Universal | 
            20 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | A long, long time | 
            Universal | 
            10 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | Historic times | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            07 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | A super long time | 
            Universal | 
            06 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | Many years | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            04 Jan 2022 | 
          
          
            | Numbers that change on birthdays | 
            USA Today | 
            31 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Grows older | 
            Universal | 
            31 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Matures | 
            USA Today | 
            24 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Gets closer and closer to ripeness | 
            Family Time | 
            20 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | A very long time | 
            USA Today | 
            15 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Matures | 
            Canadiana | 
            13 Dec 2021 | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            25 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Long, long time | 
            Universal | 
            14 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Gets better in a wine cellar, say | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            14 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Prolonged periods | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            13 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | "For ___ 3 and above" (toy instructions) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Suitable for all __: game rating | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            09 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Matures | 
            Canadiana | 
            01 Nov 2021 | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            26 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | A very long time | 
            The Times Concise | 
            25 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Years on end | 
            USA Today | 
            24 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | A long time | 
            USA Today | 
            13 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Allows to ripen | 
            Newsday | 
            11 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Matures | 
            Canadiana | 
            11 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | 13 and 24, for this puzzle's constructor and editor | 
            Universal | 
            09 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Numbers of people? | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            03 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Sketchy numbers on fake IDs | 
            Universal | 
            01 Oct 2021 | 
          
          
            | Gets on with wise elder, top to bottom  | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Mellows | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            28 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            27 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Grows season after season | 
            Family Time | 
            27 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | A long time | 
            New York Times | 
            26 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Range on a game box | 
            New York Times | 
            23 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Long, long time | 
            Newsday | 
            19 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Many moons | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            13 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Many years | 
            Newsday | 
            12 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Grows old | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            10 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Times of your life? | 
            Family Time | 
            06 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | A long while | 
            USA Today | 
            05 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Numbers on census forms | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            05 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Many a year | 
            Newsday | 
            03 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Grows old | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            02 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Historic times | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            01 Sep 2021 | 
          
          
            | Matures | 
            Universal | 
            31 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Clubs banished from prisons for quite some time | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            24 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Game box info | 
            Newsday | 
            21 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Number range on a board game box | 
            USA Today | 
            19 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Gets on and leaves top off  | 
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            | Birthday candle counts | 
            Universal | 
            09 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Grows old in a cellar | 
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            | Forever, seemingly | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            02 Aug 2021 | 
          
          
            | Many years | 
            USA Today | 
            28 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | Rather long time | 
            Newsday | 
            25 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | A long time | 
            USA Today | 
            21 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | Becomes old | 
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            | A mighty long time | 
            New York Times | 
            04 Jul 2021 | 
          
          
            | A very long time in some village school | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            25 Jun 2021 | 
          
          
            | Hagglers occasionally finding time | 
            The Telegraph Cryptic | 
            16 Jun 2021 | 
          
          
            | They change on birthdays | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            16 Jun 2021 | 
          
          
            | They change on birthdays | 
            The Washington Post | 
            16 Jun 2021 | 
          
          
            | For a long time, salaries drop 20%  | 
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            | A lo-o-ong time | 
            New York Times | 
            08 Jun 2021 | 
          
          
            | Prolonged periods | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            31 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Hi-tech Tokyo corporation on the rise for very long time  | 
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            | Losing head, rants for a long time  | 
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            | Mellows | 
            Eugene Sheffer | 
            20 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Gets mature | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            16 May 2021 | 
          
          
            | Girl disheartened for very long time | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            28 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Characters in some sense gaslighting all those retiring for a very long time | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            28 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Matures | 
            The Sun Two Speed | 
            28 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Unspecified long perod of time | 
            The Guardian Speedy | 
            25 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | A long time | 
            USA Today | 
            21 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Quite a while | 
            USA Today | 
            18 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Golden and Bronze, for two | 
            USA Today | 
            10 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Word in a kids' game recommendation | 
            The Washington Post | 
            09 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Word in a kids' game recommendation | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            09 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | Grows old | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            08 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | "For ___ 3 and above" (toy box words) | 
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            | Notable periods | 
            Newsday | 
            04 Apr 2021 | 
          
          
            | A long time | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            31 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | Quite a while | 
            Family Time | 
            29 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | Grows older | 
            USA Today | 
            26 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | Suitable for all ___ (toy box information) | 
             | 
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            | Hi-tech Tokyo corporation on the rise for very long time  | 
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            | A long time | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            19 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | "Rock of ___," 2012 Tom Cruise film | 
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            | Quite a long time | 
            USA Today | 
            17 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | Stone and Bronze, for two | 
            USA Today | 
            08 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | Quite a stretch | 
            The Washington Post | 
            04 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | Quite a stretch | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            04 Mar 2021 | 
          
          
            | A very long time | 
            The Times Concise | 
            26 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | Goes from 12 to 13, say | 
            Family Time | 
            21 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | For ___ 4 -6 (toy box information) | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Goes from 1 to 2, say | 
            The Washington Post Sunday | 
            14 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            USA Today | 
            14 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | Historical periods | 
            Newsday | 
            04 Feb 2021 | 
          
          
            | Many moons | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            27 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Quite a long, long time | 
            Family Time | 
            24 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Gets old | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            24 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Very long time | 
            Newsday | 
            20 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | The Dark ___ | 
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            | A long, long time | 
            Universal | 
            12 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Quite a while, old-style | 
            Family Time | 
            11 Jan 2021 | 
          
          
            | Gets on in years | 
            The Washington Post | 
            28 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Gets on in years | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            28 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            22 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | A long time | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            22 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | See 36-Across | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            17 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | Like, for-EV-er | 
            New York Times | 
            14 Dec 2020 | 
          
          
            | "It's been ___ since we met" | 
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            | Dark ___ (period in European history) | 
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            | Gets on in years | 
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            | Develops wrinkles, say | 
            New York Times | 
            24 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Historic times | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            24 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Forever, seemingly | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            19 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Seemingly forever | 
            New York Times | 
            15 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Turns 100 | 
            Family Time | 
            01 Nov 2020 | 
          
          
            | Eternity, seemingly | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            28 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | Historic periods | 
            Irish Times Simplex | 
            09 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | Periods in history | 
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            | A real long time | 
            Newsday | 
            04 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | A long time | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            04 Oct 2020 | 
          
          
            | "Rock of ___," 2012 musical drama starring Tom Cruise | 
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            | A long time back for example visiting S Africa  | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
            Universal | 
            24 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | Achieves senior status? | 
            Universal | 
            21 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | People celebrate when they change | 
            Universal | 
            20 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | Forever, it seems | 
            Jonesin | 
            15 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | Mellows, in a way | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            14 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | Middle __ | 
            Newsday | 
            12 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | Iron and Bronze | 
            Universal | 
            11 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | Eras | 
            Newsday | 
            09 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | Gets on in years | 
            USA Today | 
            05 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | Suitability word on some games | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            05 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | Suitability word on some games | 
            The Washington Post | 
            05 Sep 2020 | 
          
          
            | Gets old, wise person to move south  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Grows older | 
            Universal | 
            20 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Rusts or grays | 
            The Washington Post | 
            15 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Rusts or grays | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            15 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | For ___ 3 and above (toy box specification) | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Quite a long time | 
            Premier Sunday | 
            09 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Long, long time | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            06 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Gets on | 
            Thomas Joseph | 
            05 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | So long | 
            New York Times | 
            01 Aug 2020 | 
          
          
            | Gets on in years | 
            Universal | 
            30 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | Historical spans | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            27 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | A long time | 
            The Times Concise | 
            27 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | "It's been ___ since we met" | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Has another birthday | 
            Universal | 
            20 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | Years and years | 
            Universal | 
            16 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | Grows older | 
            The Washington Post | 
            14 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | Grows older | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            14 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | With 36-Across, in the distant past | 
            New York Times | 
            13 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | Agencies along The States' borders for quite a while | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            11 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | Quite some time | 
            USA Today | 
            10 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | "I haven't seen you in ___!" | 
            Universal | 
            03 Jul 2020 | 
          
          
            | Takes a very long time for the Wise Guys to head off | 
            Irish Times Crosaire | 
            26 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | Years and years* | 
            Newsday | 
            26 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | Long, long time | 
            Universal | 
            23 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | "Rock of ___," 2012 jukebox musical comedy-drama film starring Julianne Hough | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Matures, as wine | 
            Newsday | 
            08 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | Grows older | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            08 Jun 2020 | 
          
          
            | Matures | 
            The Telegraph Quick | 
            28 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | Governess Grey having lost heart matures | 
            The Telegraph Toughie | 
            26 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | A long, long time | 
            USA Today | 
            25 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | Front ripped off sheets in Times  | 
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            | Seemingly forever | 
            USA Today | 
            17 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | They increase on birthdays | 
            USA Today | 
            02 May 2020 | 
          
          
            | Improves in a wine cellar | 
            Newsday | 
            29 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | Allows to ripen | 
            Newsday | 
            06 Apr 2020 | 
          
          
            | Becomes a year older, say | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Matures | 
            USA Today | 
            22 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | Mellows, as cheese | 
            Newsday | 
            17 Mar 2020 | 
          
          
            | Quite a while | 
            The Washington Post | 
            29 Feb 2020 | 
          
          
            | Quite a while | 
            LA Times Daily | 
            29 Feb 2020 | 
          
          
            | Doctor’s office wait, seemingly | 
            Wall Street Journal | 
            18 Feb 2020 | 
          
          
            | Pretty long time | 
            Newsday | 
            05 Jan 2020 | 
          
          
            | "It's been ___ since we last met." (a while) | 
             | 
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            | "It's been ___ since we last met." (quite a long time) | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Lose game having rallied for long periods of time  | 
             | 
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            | Gets on in years, say | 
             | 
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            | Ripens, as cheese or wine | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Grows up | 
             | 
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            | Gets on games consoles when upset  | 
             | 
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            | Periods – a girl's everyday suffering, basically  | 
             | 
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            | Grows old in a wine cellar | 
             | 
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            | "It's been ___ since I last met her!" (a long time) | 
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            | Ignores wife? Pays for a long time  | 
             | 
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            | Wandering sage grows old  | 
             | 
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            | Portion of cabbage soup may last a while  | 
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            | Tom Cruise starrer "Rock of ___" | 
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            | Becomes old | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "It's been ___ since I saw you..." | 
             | 
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            | Innumerable years | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Times of the topsy-turvy game maker  | 
             | 
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            | Prophet taking his son back is looking older  | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Gets older | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | Matures like wine | 
             | 
             | 
          
          
            | "It's been ___ since we last met." (quite a long time) | 
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             | 
          
          
            | Raging sea eats up good times  | 
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            | Suitable for all ___ (family-friendly) | 
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            | Wise man has head lowered for a long time  | 
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            | Matures | 
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            | Is furious without redface for a long time  | 
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            | "For ___ 3 and above" (words on a toy box) | 
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            | "Rock of ___" | 
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            | Speaks with passion dismissing earliest of revolutionary periods  | 
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            | Gets on stage, scared to undress  | 
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            | Wise man's son climbing down for a long time  | 
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            | Suitable for all ___ (G-rated) | 
             | 
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            | "Rock of ___," a 2012 musical comedy-drama starring Tom Cruise | 
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            | Pay doesn't start for years and years  | 
             | 
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            | "Rock of ___," a 2012 musical comedy-drama film starring Tom Cruise | 
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            | "That is going to take ___!" (a really long time) | 
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            | "___ 4 and up" (A common message on board games) | 
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            | Women avoiding regular payments for years  | 
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            | "Fun for all ___" (words on rides) | 
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            | Girl trapped in turbulent sea for a long time  | 
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            | Gets older and agrees about being dropped  | 
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            | Leaves, not parking for a long time  | 
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            | Saint pushes son to the far end for a long, long period  | 
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            | Emerging from backstage: Supertramp Forever  | 
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            | Sage has son kept down for a long period of time  | 
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            | Agrees about being dropped as one grows older  | 
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            | Because Edison's legacy divided for a long time  | 
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            | Composer's about to leave for a long time  | 
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            | Without salary for a long time  | 
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            | Times and Guardian editors selected leaders therefrom | 
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            | In America, doing these crosswords, ultimately grows old  | 
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