The Clue
Like good brandy (4 letter answer)
The Answer
AGED
Tags
Notes
The answer AGED is seen frequently, appearing about once every 70 puzzles.
Related Clues
Ancient
Elderly
Got on
Hoary
Mature
Matured
Mellowed
Nonagenarians
Ripened
Seasoned
Senescent
___ in the wood
On in years
Adjective for Enos
Approaching 100
Became mellow
Cured, as tobacco
Got mellower
Grown old
Like centenarians
Like relics
Long in the tooth
Old-timers, with "the"
Past the prime
Put on years
Turned gray
Kept in a cellar, perhaps
Like fine wine
Like good wine
Like sharp cheese
Like some cheeses
Like some ports
___ P., Dickens character
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)