Grows old

The answer

AGES

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

Used 25 times across 13 distinct years; most recently in 2024; first recorded in 1990. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.

Other answers for this clue

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

• SENESCES (4 uses in xd)
• STALES (1 uses in xd)

Other clues for AGES

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

• A long time - used 156 times, most recently in 2026
• Matures - used 153 times, most recently in 2026
• Gets older - used 136 times, most recently in 2026
• Mellows - used 77 times, most recently in 2026
• Years and years - used 72 times, most recently in 2026
• Ripens - used 64 times, most recently in 2025
• Grows older - used 61 times, most recently in 2026
• Quite a while - used 60 times, most recently in 2025
• "Rock of ___" - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
• Eras - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Long time - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
• Seemingly forever - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
• Many moons - used 48 times, most recently in 2025
• A long, long time - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
• Historic times - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
• Gets on in years - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
• Gets on - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
• Quite some time - used 27 times, most recently in 2022
• Grows gray - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
• Long, long time - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
• A very long time - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Census data - used 24 times, most recently in 2018
• Forever and a day - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
• Matures, as wine - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
• Very long time - used 23 times, most recently in 2026

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.

• Old oath - EGAD, used 105 times
• "___ Old Cowhand" - IMAN, used 93 times
• Old Italian money - LIRA, used 87 times
• Old Russian ruler - TSAR, used 84 times
• Old salts - TARS, used 69 times
• Old Testament book - AMOS, used 69 times

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