Grows older
The crossword clue "Grows older" is answered by AGES, a 4-letter entry. Used 61 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 17 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself.
The answer
AGES
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the AGES answer page.
Used 61 times across 20 distinct years; most recently in 2026; first recorded in 1996. It appears in 17 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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
- Quite a while - used 60 times, most recently in 2025
- "Rock of ___" - used 54 times, most recently in 2026
- Eras - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Long time - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- Seemingly forever - used 51 times, most recently in 2026
- Many moons - used 48 times, most recently in 2025
- A long, long time - used 36 times, most recently in 2025
- Historic times - used 34 times, most recently in 2026
- Gets on in years - used 32 times, most recently in 2026
- Gets on - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Quite some time - used 27 times, most recently in 2022
- Grows gray - used 26 times, most recently in 2023
- Long, long time - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Grows old - used 25 times, most recently in 2024
- A very long time - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Census data - used 24 times, most recently in 2018
- Forever and a day - used 24 times, most recently in 2025
- Matures, as wine - used 23 times, most recently in 2025
- Very long time - used 23 times, most recently in 2026
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.
- Got older - AGED, used 88 times
- It grows on you - HAIR, used 31 times
- "A ___ Grows in Brooklyn" - TREE, used 29 times
- Grew older - AGED, used 29 times
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