The Clue
Turns one's hair gray (4 letter answer)
The Answer
AGES
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Notes
The answer AGES is seen frequently, appearing about once every 60 puzzles.
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Eons
Matures
Mellows
Periods
Ripens
"Rock of ___"
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Seasons
Becomes ripe
Bronze and Iron
Census data
Eon ingredients
Family data
Golden and others
Iron and ice
Iron and Middle
Iron and Stone
A long time
Long time
Loses immediacy
Many a moon
Quite a while
Seeming eternity
Stages of life
Years on end
Years and years
Ever so long
Piles up years
Stores fine wine
Man's septet, à la Shakespeare
"Milton, a name to resound for ___": Tennyson
Who-knows-how-long
"While the eternal ___ watch and wait": Longfellow
Definition
AGE as a noun:
1. how long something has existed; "it was replaced because of its age"
2. (historic period, age) = an era of history having some distinctive feature; "we live in a litigious age"
3. (age, eld) = a time in life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises; "she was now of school age"; "tall for his eld"
4. (old age, years, age, eld, geezerhood) = a late time of life; "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood"
5. (long time, age, years) = a prolonged period of time; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years"
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"