Referring Clues

• Give it ___ (try)
• In the past
• Long ___
• Gone by
• Back, in a way
• Back
• Give it ___ (attempt to do)
• Have ___ at
• Earlier
• Way back when
• Past
• Many years ___
• Years ___
• It may appear after a long time
• "It's ___!" (thumbs-up reply)
• Opposite of hence
• Before now
• Back from now
• Long, long ___
• "Give it ___!"
• Give it ___
• Months ___
• In times past
• In history
• Back, in time
• Many moons ___
• Back then
• Going back in time
• "Fourscore and seven years ___ ..."
• "Many years ___ ..."
• Of yore
• Fifth word of the Gettysburg Address
• "Long ___ ..."
• What "syne" means
• "Long ___ and far away ..."
• "Years ___ ..."
• Since
• In days past
• Back in time
• Sixth word of the Gettysburg Address
• Long follower
• Have ___ at (try)
• "Fourscore and seven years ___..."
• Erenow
• "It was many and many a year ___..." ("Annabel Lee")
• Back when
• "Long ___ and far away..."
• It may appear after a while
• What to give it
• Follower of many moons?
• At some point in the past
• "Long ___ and Far Away"
• Prior to this moment
• Long time follower
• Something to give it
• "It was twenty years ___ today ..." (The Beatles)
• Once
• Years ___ (in the past)
• Yesteryear
• Long trailer
• Before this moment
• In bygone times
• Long time follower?
• "All Those Years ___" (George Harrison hit)
• "Long ___ and Far Away" (James Taylor hit)
• "A long time ___ in a galaxy far, far away ..."
• Fourth word in the "Star Wars" opening crawl
• Gettysburg Address adjective
• "Happenings Ten Years Time ___" (1966 hit by the Yardbirds)
• In past time
• "... and seven years ___ ..."
• Opposite of on
• "... ___ our fathers brought forth on this continent ..."
• Prior
• Long follower?
• "Fourscore and seven years ___ ..."
• Previously
• Word after long
• Reminiscing word
• "Give it ___!": "Try!"
• "Give it ___!"
• Ages ___ (time long past)
• Prior to this
• Word often following "long"
• Many moons ___
• "Give it ___!"
• Long, long ___
• Long ___
• It comes after many moons
• Make ___ of it
• In days of yore
• Reminiscence word
• Word after "long"
• "A long, long time ___ ..."
• "It was twenty years ___ today ..."
• Long ___ (the distant past)
• George Harrison's "All Those Years ___"
• Fourth word in the "Star Wars" intro
• "A long time ___ in a galaxy ..."
• "Four score and seven years ___ ..."
• "A long time ___, in a galaxy far ..."
• Word after a repeated "long"
• "Long ___ and far away ..."
• "It was twenty years ___ today ..." (The Beatles)
• Word in the first sentence of the Gettysburg Address
• "... and seven years ___"
• It comes after many moons?
• Once upon a time
• It may come after many moons?
• Word before "in a galaxy far, far away"
• "... many a year ___" (Poe)
• Long ending?
• Of a previous time
• In a previous time
• Reminiscer's word
• "Let's try to make ___ of it"
• Long trailer?
• "... ___ our fathers brought forth on . . ."
• In time gone by
• It comes after a long, long time
• Prior to this date
• ". . . ___ our fathers brought forth on . . ."
• You may see it after many moons
• ". . . and seven years ___"
• "That was a long time ___"
• Back in the day
• Kingsley's "Two Years ___"
• ". . . ___ in a galaxy far, far away. . ."
• It may come after long
• "Long, Long ___"
• Kingsley novel "Two Years ___"
• Earlier in time
• A long time follower
• Fifth word in "American Pie"
• Of former days
• Gettysburg Address word
• "A long time ___ in a galaxy far, far away ..."
• Time past
• "... ___ our fathers brought forth ..."
• "A long time ___ ..."
• "Star Wars" prologue word
• "... long, long ___"
• "It was 20 years ___ today ..." (the Beatles)
• "A long time ___ in a galaxy ..."
• "A long, long time ___..."
• Long ___ (way back when)
• Give it ___ (try it)
• Prior to this point
• Prior to now
• Ages ___
• "... and seven years ___"
• "Long ___ …"
• "Many years ___ …"
• "A long time ___, in a galaxy far ..."
• Word before "in a galaxy far, far away"
• "... many a year ___" (Poe)
• Word after a repeated "long"
• Give it ___ (make an attempt)
• "Give it ___!": "Try!"
• Time gone by
• "It's ---" (thumbs-up reply)
• A long time follower?
• Ages ___ (time long past)
• "... ___ in a galaxy far, far away..."
• Word often following "long"
• "... ___ our fathers brought forth on ..."
• Heretofore
• Before today
• "Long, long ___..."
• "For Emma, Forever ___" (Bon Iver album)
• Some time ___
• Long tail?
• Past word
• See 6-Down
• Word with "many moons"
• Historian's word
• Long ___ and far away ...
• "It was 20 years ___ today ..."
• Long tale
• Long tale?
• In olden times
• Of old
• In olden days
• In bygone days
• Hitherto
• In past years
• Earlier than now
• See 50-Across
• See 41-Down
• In an earlier time
• Some time back
• '... and seven years ___'
• From long ___
• In time past
• Before this time
• "A long time ___, in a galaxy ..."
• Something to give it?
• "Ages" follower
• In earlier times
• Give it ___ (try out)
• "Many moons ___"
• "Long ___ (and Far Away)"
• "Long ___, in a galaxy far, far away ..."
• Fifth word of the lyrics to "American Pie"
• "A long time ___ in a galaxy far ..."
• Remembrance word [CONTEST NOTE: My online crossword contest is ONE WEEK AWAY (Sept. 30). First prize, $2,500. For details visit www.alzfdn.org.]
• It may appear after a long time?
• In former days
• Gone by, as time
• All Those Years ___" (George Harrison song)
• Opposite of "hence"
• "A long time ____, in a galaxy far, far away ..."
• Word in the first line of the Gettysburg Address
• "Long ___ in a galaxy far ..."
• "Long ___, in a galaxy far ..."
• A while ___
• Opposite of "in the future"
• Ages follower
• Back in history
• In the olden days
• Word after "ages" or "long"
• Long span of time
• "Two Years ___" (Kingsley novel)
• Before this
• "Long, long" follower
• Word with many moons?
• Formerly
• formerly
• Long spell
• "Long, long ___ ..."
• Days ___
• Had-at link
• "Much ___ About Nothing"
• "Many years ___ ... "
• Prior to today
• "All Those Years ___" (George Harrison song)
• Fourth word in the "Star Wars" prologue
• "In the future" opposite
• "Long ___ ..."
• Part of history
• Word after "ages"
• Some time
• What may come after a long time?
• A long time ___
• See 124-Across
• Many years ___
• It might be long
• Before
• It follows many moons
• Have ___ (try)
• Long ___ (in the past)
• Long, long follower
• Have-at link
• See 38 Down
• In times of yore
• In days gone by
• See 23-Down
• "it's ___!": "yes!"
• Long ____ and far away ...
• "A long time ___ in a galaxy ... "
• Of yesteryear
• "Long ___, in a galaxy ..."
• Back from here
• "It was 20 years ___ today" (Beatles lyric)
• In years past
• George Harrison song "All Those Years ___"
• "Long, long ___ ...
• Yore
• "Many moons ___ ..."
• Ancient history adjective
• Before the present
• In a bygone time
• "Many years ___ ..."
• Long time trailer?
• "... ___ and far away"
• It might appear after a while
• Times past
• Have ___ at it!
• "Once upon a time, long ___"
• In the past, gone by
• "ong, long ___ ...
• Earlier in the past
• Give it ___ (try) (2 words)
• "ong, Long ___22
• Historically
• "ong, long ___ ...22
• "Long, long time ___" (Don McLean)
• Black Lab: "Time ___"
• George Harrison "All Those Years ___"
• Used "Say Days ___"
• "Chicago Is So Two Years ___" Fall Out Boy
• "A Night in Summer Long ___" Mark Knopfler
• "It Wasn't Very Long ___" Roy Orbison
• Alice Cooper "Years ___"
• '98 Black Lab hit "Time ___"
• Huey Lewis "Four Chords and Several Years ___"
• "Are You Ten Years ___" Tegan and Sara
• Wagon centre in history
• In the past, when an air gunner needed a bit of oxygen
• Back a turn
• An attempt to indicate time past
• Gone by seagoing liner
• "That was years ___"
• Word with "many years"
• Previous to this date
• Fifth word of Don McLean's "American Pie"
• *Fourth word of the "Star Wars" opening crawl
• Sixth word of “Moby-Dick”
• History-textbook adjective
• Third word of "Mary's Boy Child"
• In the past, long ___
• An attempt to get past
• Head of Assembly, shot in the past
• Earlier round in casino game
• Adele "Million Years ___"
• "... score and seven years ___ ..."
• "A long, long time ___" Don McLean
• Some time ___ (back in the past)
• James Taylor "Long ___ and Far Away"
• "Long" time?
• "Million Years ___" (song on Adele's "25")
• Long ___ (way back in time)
• Many years ___ (in the distant past)
• Word after "a while"
• Earlier in the 36-Across
• Not so long ___ (fairly recently)
• Many a year ___
• "Million Years ___" (Adele song)
• In years gone by
• It can appear after "a while"
• "It's ___" ("O.K. for liftoff")
• Word of the past
• Past word with 22-Across
• It often comes after years or months
• Word for a time in the past
• Long ___ (way back)
• Word in the opening of the Gettysburg Address
• Back in the past
• Past taking a turn
• In days of 16-Across
• A few days ___
• "That was ages ___"
• A long time follower?
• In the past, less than a paragon
• Long time past
• Long ___ (in the distant past)
• "But that was ages ___!"
• "That was some time ___"
• In a bygone era
• Bygone
• Syne, as in "Auld Lang Syne"
• Long before today
• "Long ___, the four nations lived together in harmony ..."
• Long time ___
• See 8-Down
• "It seems like so long ___"
• Adele's "Million Years ___"
• "A long time ___ in a galaxy far, far away ..." ("Star Wars" intro)
• Before the present time
• Not long ___ (recently)
• "From now" antonym
• Moments ___
• Long, long ___ (way back when)
• Long, long tail?
• Something found after many years?
• Fourth word of the "Star Wars" prologue
• Follower of many moons?
• "Five score years ___ ..."
• Word after "many moons"
• Back then, long ___
• Long tail?
• "That was weeks ___"
• Had ___ at: tried
• "A long time ___, in a galaxy far, far ..."
• "That was so long ___"
• "Not long ___ ..."
• Fifth word of "American Pie"
• What "syne" means in "Auld Lang Syne"
• "That was quite a while ___"
• "That's ___" ("You may proceed")
• "Seems like forever ___"
• "Once, a long time ___ ..."
• Adverb in the first line of the Gettysburg Address
• Not too long ___
• Way back in the past
• "How long ___ was that?"
• "Long ___" (Mariah Carey song)
• "We broke up a month ___ ..." (first line of Olivia Rodrigo's "Happier")
• "That happened a long time ___"
• "I remember a long time ___..."
• "I ate that gherkin a long time ___"
• "A long, long time ___ / I can still remember ..."
• Long ___ (back in the day)
• "It was a long time ___"
• "That was so long ___, Moses was still alive"
• Sixth word in the Gettysburg Address
• "Way back long ___"
• "It's ___!" ("Full speed ahead!")
• "That was 40 years ___"
• "How long ___ did that happen?"