The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word EON which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2024.
Very long time crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| EON | 58 % | 3 |
| AEON | 16 % | 4 |
| AGES | 8 % | 4 |
| EONS | 8 % | 4 |
| AEONS | 3 % | 5 |
| BLUEMOON | 3 % | 8 |
| AMONTHOFSUNDAYS | 1 % | 15 |
| AGESANDAGES | 1 % | 11 |
| DECADES | 1 % | 7 |
| YEARS | 1 % | 5 |
| COONSAGE | 1 % | 8 |
| DOGSAGE | 1 % | 7 |
Why may EON be the right solution?
The answer to "Very long time" is "EON" because an eon is an extremely long and indefinite period of time, making it a fitting solution for the clue.
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Very long time
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- eternity
- infinity
- eon
- aeon
- years
- age
- far
- much
- length
- ages
- for ever
- forever
Crossword Answer definitions
EON noun- Eternity.
- A period of 1,000,000,000 years.
- The longest time period used in geology.
- A long period of time.
- (usually spelled aeon or æon) A spirit being emanating from the Godhead.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result EON
- A billion years
- A month of Sundays
- Eternity
- Long, long time
- Many eras
- One billion years in ONE?
- Roughly forever
- A lo-o-ong time
- Age
- Ages and ages
More clues leading to the result AEON
- A billion years
- A very long time
- Age
- An indefinitely long period of time
- Eternity
- Indefinite period
- A long, long time
- Ages and ages
- Many a millennium
- "___ Flux" (Peter Chung animated series)
More clues leading to the result AGES
- Bronze and Iron
- Dark or Middle follower
- Many moons
- Matures into a SAGE?
- Mellows
- Quite a while
- Gets older
- Gets on
- Iron and Ice
- Matures
More clues leading to the result EONS
- Forever
- Forever, seemingly
- Geologic times
- Millions of years
- Time periods
- Ages
- Long periods of time
- Roughly forever
- Years and years and years and ...
- Wait at the DMV, it seems
More clues leading to the result AEONS
- Blue moons
- Ages and ages
- Just about forever
- Big stretches
- Earth science chapters
- Time it takes mountains to form
- They comprise eternities
- Billion-year spans
- Forever, it seems
- Stretches between ice ages
More clues leading to the result BLUEMOON
- Long time
- Classic song performed by Sha Na Na on the "Grease" soundtrack
- 1934 Rodgers and Hart song
- Very long time
- Coon's age
- Very long time, figuratively
- Only Rodgers/Hart song not for a musical
- Song title words before "You saw me standing alone"
- Lunar symbol for a very long time
- Rodgers and Hart song
More clues leading to the result AMONTHOFSUNDAYS
- Ages and ages
- Ages
- Quite some time
- Nigh onto forever
- Metaphorical long time
- Very long time
- Long, long time.
- Practically forever.
- Relative of a coon's age
- Long time
More clues leading to the result AGESANDAGES
- Very long time, and a hint to this puzzle's theme
- Very long time
- Extremely long time
- Practically forever
More clues leading to the result DECADES
- They last for years
- U.S. Census intervals
- Millennium hundredths
- The '60s and the '70s
- Years and years
- The Gay Nineties and Roaring Twenties
- Time line segments
- Timeline divisions
- 10-year periods
- Many years
More clues leading to the result YEARS
- "The ___"; Virginia Woolf novel
- A coon's age
- Long time
- Sophomore and junior, e.g.
- Twelve month periods
- Earth orbits
- A dog's age
- The time of one's life?
- Time (seemingly) in between checks, for a freelancer
- Quite some time