Clues for the word "LONG"
We've had 227 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 546 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Penny Dell Daily crossword on May 22, 2026.
Definition of long
- superl. - Drawn out in a line, or in the direction of length; protracted; extended; as, a long line; -- opposed to short, and distinguished from broad or wide.
- superl. - Drawn out or extended in time; continued through a considerable tine, or to a great length; as, a long series of events; a long debate; a long drama; a long history; a long book.
- superl. - Slow in passing; causing weariness by length or duration; lingering; as, long hours of watching.
- superl. - Occurring or coming after an extended interval; distant in time; far away.
- superl. - Extended to any specified measure; of a specified length; as, a span long; a yard long; a mile long, that is, extended to the measure of a mile, etc.
- superl. - Far-reaching; extensive.
- superl. - Prolonged, or relatively more prolonged, in utterance; -- said of vowels and syllables. See Short, a., 13, and Guide to Pronunciation, // 22, 30.
- n. - A note formerly used in music, one half the length of a large, twice that of a breve.
- n. - A long sound, syllable, or vowel.
- n. - The longest dimension; the greatest extent; -- in the phrase, the long and the short of it, that is, the sum and substance of it.
- adv. - To a great extent in apace; as, a long drawn out line.
- adv. - To a great extent in time; during a long time.
- adv. - At a point of duration far distant, either prior or posterior; as, not long before; not long after; long before the foundation of Rome; long after the Conquest.
- adv. - Through the whole extent or duration.
- adv. - Through an extent of time, more or less; -- only in question; as, how long will you be gone?
- prep. - By means of; by the fault of; because of.
- a. - To feel a strong or morbid desire or craving; to wish for something with eagerness; -- followed by an infinitive, or by after or for.
- a. - To belong; -- used with to, unto, or for.
Referring Clues
- Extended
- The Battle of ___ Island, August 27, 1776
- Kind of division
- Overshot
- Yearn
- Like a hippie's hair
- Men's jacket size
- Like "War and Peace"
- Trousers spec
- Like "Lawrence of Arabia"
- Beyond the end line
- Yearn (for)
- Like a Hail Mary pass
- Suit spec
- ___ Island iced tea (mixed drink)
- Dragged out
- How some quarterbacks go
- Past the golf pin, say
- Pants spec
- Time-consuming
- Word before shot or division
- Huey of Louisiana politics
- Have a yen
- Word before Island or division
- "The ___ Good Friday" (1980 gangster classic)
- Reaching into the past, as a memory
- Quote, part 3
- Louisiana politician Huey
- Pine (for)
- Like some tennis serves
- Marathon
- Like some vowels
- Jacket specification
- Unlike any vowels in dictionaries?
- Protracted
- Like some shots
- Like some trips
- Like some odds
- Pine
- Drawn-out
- Pants specification
- Before ___ (soon)
- Taking quite a while
- Lasting quite a while
- Like some vowel sounds
- Suit specification
- Tediously protracted
- Word with "Island" or "division"
- In need of editing, in a way
- Suit size designation
- Word with division
- Word on some jacket labels
- Least popular kind of speech
- "Blaze" politico
- Louisiana legend Huey
- Kind of division or vowel
- Wordy
- "___ time no see"
- Word with "Island" or "division"
- Have a hankering
- Like Rip Van Winkle's beard
- ___ Island
- Wish for
- Like the o in GOP
- Dodge City's --- Branch Saloon
- Before ___ (soon)
- ___ Island
- ___ Horse; or Live Free .. Die Hard star Justin
- With 42- and 66-Across, words to an old friend, whose end is a hint this puzzle's grid and theme
- Over the time limit
- Like some division
- Like Gene Simmons's tongue
- Lengthy
- Drawn out
- Pine 29. 44-Across part
- Overextended
- Like some vowels and pants
- How hippies wore their hair
- Like books in two volumes
- Like a boring lecture, probably
- Like the "i" in "like"
- Overly extended
- Like epics
- Like most Michener novels
- ___ John Silver
- Like a bomb, to Peyton Manning
- Like the "o" in "no"
- With 37- and 38-Across, big hit
- Like the "o" in go
- Like the "o" in "slow"
- Distance or division preceder
- "daddy ___ legs"
- Tennis court determination
- Boring, maybe
- Extensive
- Great in length
- Word with "shot" or "division"
- ___ winded; too talkative
- Key word #3
- Like boring speeches
- New York's ___ Island
- Like "War and Peace," famously
- "___ time, no see"
- Jacket category
- Past the baseline, in tennis
- The ____ and short of it
- Over the limit
- Thirst
- Word before ball or shot
- Apt to be cut
- Like marathons and maxiskirts
- Like some lectures
- Like par-5 holes
- "The Kingfish"
- Like Chandler's "Goodbye"
- Man's jacket size
- Shelley of "Cheers"
- Sustained
- Hanker
- Not short
- Opposite of short
- Yearn for quite a while?
- Kid Rock "All Summer ___"
- Paul Carrack "How ___"
- "How ___ has this been going on?"
- Glam rocker's hair length
- Daughtry "___ Live Rock and Roll"
- Part of Lord's pavilion is essentially all for one newly-wed
- Enduring, so it seems to jaded scholars
- Tall island pine
- Dragging a piece of timber around Norwegian capital
- Large dong one's confused with a "far out" snout
- Pines burning? Little chance of that
- Queens here losing ground before gain
- A brief denial
- Extensive - pine
- Yearn for years
- Yearn for ages
- Tedious section of reading no listener recalled
- Ache
- Book by Nelson Mandela
- See 18
- Extending far
- Mandela's autobiography
- See 20
- Bit of wood covering one end of kitchen is pine
- Tall pine
- Transmitter between 51 and 500 able to receive extended signals?
- Wish to be extended
- Cow with hunger having bit of bramble, but no starter
- Like a Hail Mary
- "Winter lies too ___ in country towns": Willa Cather
- Not short at all
- Beyond the baseline, say
- Desire, ___ for
- Want to be extended?
- Yearn to be seen in nylon garter
- Yearn for name to appear in document
- See 11
- 13 a tall guy?
- Piece of wood concealing origin of Norwegian pine
- Entury?
- Pine shop condemned for bad deliveries
- Element of metal on glass
- Like a three-hour movie
- See 5
- Look no good for years
- Suit size
- Yearn to be like John Silver
- Quite protracted
- Requiring a macron
- U-turn from short
- Hanker (for)
- "To make a ___ story short ..."
- Type of division
- Man's suit size
- Like epic films
- Dull, maybe
- Word with shot or suit
- What "L" stands for in pant sizes
- ___ ago (olden days)
- Like some odds and vowels
- Like a marathon
- Past the golf pin
- Beyond the expected run-time
- Of a great distance
- Yearn for quite a while?
- Like epic movies
- Nia or Shelley
- Reaching far in the past
- Like 1,225-page "War and Peace"
- Standing lead-in
- "Soul Food" star Nia
- Like something that goes from here to way out yonder
- Word before or after run
- See 4
- Foot-___ hot dog
- Trouser size
- Hard to sit through
- Having many pages
- Like a line around the block
- Like many epic movies
- Like the legs of a giant
- Like a typical pilgrimage
- Word with Beach or Island
- Word interpreted literally in completing four of this puzzle's answers
- Like a 15-letter word
- See 60-Down
- Hope earnestly not to be short
- Like the mind's "i"
- Like marathons
- Like some grapes
- Sleep-inducing, maybe, as a lecture
- Like a four-hour movie
- The "L" of LP
- Out of bounds, in a way
- Like Rapunzel's hair
- How a boring story might feel
- Like a 3.5-hour movie
- K) Like a 3 hour movie
- Like T.S.A. lines on holiday weekends
- Like the odds of an unlikely event
- "Took you ___ enough!"
- Like some vowels and memories
- ___ division
- Hunger (for)
- Huey or Shelley
Last Seen In
- Penny Dell Daily - May 22, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - May 06, 2026
- Mirror Daily - April 14, 2026
- Evening Standard Cryptic - March 24, 2026
- Mirror Daily - February 18, 2026
- Mirror Daily - January 31, 2026
- Mirror Daily - December 31, 2025
- Daily American - December 06, 2025
- New York Times - November 24, 2025
- New York Times - November 06, 2025
- LA Times - October 26, 2025
- Daily American - September 13, 2025
- Mindfood Daily - August 19, 2025
- LA Times - August 18, 2025
- Your Life Choices - August 13, 2025
- LA Times - August 10, 2025
- Daily Cryptic - August 04, 2025
- Mirror Daily - August 01, 2025
- Evening Standard Quick - July 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 26, 2025
- Daily Quick - June 13, 2025
- Mirror Daily - June 11, 2025
- Daily American - May 21, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 11, 2025
- Penny Dell Daily - May 04, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 12, 2025
- King Syndicate - Thomas Joseph - April 10, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 31, 2025
- Mirror Daily - March 07, 2025
- Evening Standard Easy - February 18, 2025
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