The Clue
Ancient (4 letter answer)
The Answer
AGED
Tags
Notes
The answer AGED is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.
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___ in the wood
On in years
Adjective for Enos
Adjective for nonagenarians
Creaky, maybe
Geriatrician's patients
Got gray
Grown old
Let sit
Like a graybeard
Like Methuselah
Like a patriarch
Long in the tooth
Not young
Like fine whiskeys
Like fine wine
Like good Scotch
Like good wine
Like sharp cheddar
Like some cheeses
Like some cigars
Like some ports
___ P, Dickens character
___ P., Dickens character
___ P. in "Great Expectations"
Processed wine or cheese
Like some wines and cheeses
Ready to get drunk, perhaps
Definition
AGED as a noun:
1. (aged, elderly) = people who are old collectively; "special arrangements were available for the aged"
AGE as a verb:
1. begin to seem older; get older; "The death of his wife caused him to age fast"
2. (senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate) = grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"
3. make older; "The death of his child aged him tremendously"
AGED as an adjective:
1. (aged, elderly, older, senior) = advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables); "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen"
2. at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable); "aged rocks"
3. (aged, of age) = having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable); "aged ten"; "ten years of age"
4. (aged, ripened) = of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; (`aged' pronounced as one syllable); "mature well-aged cheeses"
5. (aged, cured) = (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)