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| Date | Grid | Clue | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunday, October 25, 2009 | 52A | It seemingly never ends | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Saturday, October 17, 2009 | 28A | It's a real stretch | Chuck Deodene |
| Wednesday, October 14, 2009 | 38D | Endless years | Richard Silvestri |
| Saturday, September 26, 2009 | 42D | Gigayear | Joon Pahk |
| Monday, August 24, 2009 | 3D | Ages and ages | Anthony J. Salvia |
| Thursday, July 23, 2009 | 35D | Long, long time | Gary & Stephen Kennedy |
| Monday, June 15, 2009 | 21A | Geological stretch | John Dunn |
| Monday, March 09, 2009 | 59D | Seeming eternity | Betty Keller |
| Sunday, November 02, 2008 | 76D | Big time? | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Monday, September 29, 2008 | 44A | Many, many moons | Sharon Delorme |
| Monday, September 01, 2008 | 13D | Ages and ages | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| Wednesday, August 06, 2008 | 49D | Long, long time | Caleb Madison |
| Sunday, July 20, 2008 | 104D | Untold millennia | Barry C. Silk |
| Tuesday, July 08, 2008 | 62D | Long, long time | Andrea Carla Michaels |
| Tuesday, June 17, 2008 | 14A | It keeps going and going ... | Steven Ginzburg |
| Wednesday, June 04, 2008 | 50D | Long, long time | Billie Truitt |
| Tuesday, April 22, 2008 | 45D | Forever and a day | Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, April 10, 2008 | 14A | Long interval | David J. Kahn |
| Monday, March 24, 2008 | 55D | Long, long time | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, March 12, 2008 | 43A | Countless years | Larry Shearer |
| Wednesday, January 30, 2008 | 39D | Long time | Peter A. Collins |
| Wednesday, December 19, 2007 | 9D | Years and years and years | Victor Fleming |
| Sunday, November 18, 2007 | 26D | Long, long time | Patrick Berry |
| Saturday, November 17, 2007 | 40D | It goes on and on | Brad Wilber |
| Sunday, November 04, 2007 | 119D | Slice of history | Bob Klahn |
| Monday, August 27, 2007 | 51D | Period in history | Steven Ginzburg |
| Thursday, July 19, 2007 | 26A | Largest geological division | David J. Kahn |
| Wednesday, July 04, 2007 | 32A | Long, long time | Patrick Blindauer |
| Friday, June 15, 2007 | 30A | Ages | Nancy Joline |
| Tuesday, May 29, 2007 | 25D | Seeming eternity | Jim Hyres |
| Sunday, May 13, 2007 | 107D | Lot of time | Jim Page |
| Tuesday, April 17, 2007 | 21A | Just about forever | Jennifer Nutt |
| Sunday, March 25, 2007 | 24D | Time on end | Fred Piscop |
| Monday, February 19, 2007 | 42A | Almost forever | Andrea C. Michaels |
| Tuesday, February 13, 2007 | 25A | Forever and a day | Nancy Salomon and Harvey Estes |
| Tuesday, January 16, 2007 | 61D | Seemingly forever | Dave Mackey |
| Wednesday, January 03, 2007 | 45A | Long, long time | Kim Seidl |
| Friday, December 22, 2006 | 54D | It's a big stretch | Mike Nothnagel |
| Saturday, December 16, 2006 | 22A | Wait at the motor vehicle bureau, say | David Quarfoot |
| Monday, October 30, 2006 | 47D | Ages and ages | Nancy Salomon |
| Saturday, September 09, 2006 | 36A | Great time | Bob Klahn |
| Saturday, August 05, 2006 | 5D | It goes on and on | Trip Payne |
| Wednesday, May 31, 2006 | 42A | Exceedingly long time | Trip Payne |
| Monday, May 15, 2006 | 10D | Span longer than an era | John R. Conrad |
| Sunday, April 02, 2006 | 95A | Forever and a day | Bob Klahn |
| Sunday, March 26, 2006 | 40A | Big time | Patrick Berry |
| Monday, March 20, 2006 | 35D | A billion years | Earl W. Reed and Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, January 17, 2006 | 7D | Geological span | Nancy Salomon |
| Monday, January 02, 2006 | 24A | Long, long time | Linda Schechet Tucker |
| Monday, November 28, 2005 | 32A | Long time | Kevan Choset |
| Tuesday, September 27, 2005 | 41D | Ages and ages | Kevan Choset |
| Sunday, September 25, 2005 | 26A | Long stretch | Matt Skoczen |
| Friday, August 12, 2005 | 48A | Waiting time at the motor vehicle bureau, seemingly | Manny Nosowsky |
| Wednesday, July 06, 2005 | 11D | String of periods | Raymond Hamel |
| Sunday, May 08, 2005 | 70A | Many, many moons | Jim Page |
| Friday, April 22, 2005 | 26D | It's quite a stretch | Myles Callum |
| Wednesday, March 30, 2005 | 34D | Many millennia | Richard Silvestri |
| Thursday, March 17, 2005 | 28A | Long time | David Pringle |
| Tuesday, March 08, 2005 | 48A | Several eras | Deb Amlen |
| Friday, November 19, 2004 | 56D | Ages and ages | Jay Leatherman |
| Tuesday, July 06, 2004 | 29D | Almost forever | Matt Skoczen |
| Tuesday, May 25, 2004 | 31A | Many eras | Richard Chisholm |
| Sunday, May 16, 2004 | 73A | Long time | Patrick Berry |
| Sunday, February 29, 2004 | 59A | Long period | Patrick Merrell |
| Thursday, December 11, 2003 | 60A | Long time | Ed Early |
| Sunday, September 07, 2003 | 60A | Time on end | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Sunday, August 31, 2003 | 120A | Many moons | Fred Piscop |
| Sunday, August 24, 2003 | 25D | Long time | Patrick Berry |
| Thursday, June 05, 2003 | 9D | Geologic division | David J. Kahn |
| Saturday, May 03, 2003 | 61A | Series of periods | John Scott Marrone |
| Monday, April 07, 2003 | 32A | Group of eras | Harvey Estes and Nancy Salomon |
| Thursday, April 03, 2003 | 63A | Very long stretch | Jim Hyres |
| Sunday, March 09, 2003 | 58A | Mighty long time | Patrick Berry |
| Sunday, March 02, 2003 | 105D | What a waiting time may seem | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sunday, December 15, 2002 | 105A | Period in the earth's history | RIchard Hughes |
| Sunday, November 10, 2002 | 100A | Extended period | Cathy Millhauser |
| Friday, October 25, 2002 | 5D | Long stretch | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Friday, September 13, 2002 | 31A | Time on end | Mel Rosen |
| Friday, July 26, 2002 | 47A | Ages | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, July 01, 2002 | 34D | Long, long time | Allan E. Parrish |
| Saturday, June 22, 2002 | 5D | Ages | Rich Norris |
| Wednesday, March 27, 2002 | 24A | Long, long time | Sarah Keller |
| Monday, January 14, 2002 | 44A | Long time | Michael Shteyman |
| Wednesday, December 19, 2001 | 51A | Ages and ages | Don West |
| Sunday, November 25, 2001 | 72A | Time on end | Bob Klahn and Harvey Estes |
| Wednesday, November 21, 2001 | 53A | Time on end | M. Francis Vuolo |
| Thursday, October 11, 2001 | 60A | Ages | Nancy S. Ross |
| Tuesday, October 09, 2001 | 8D | Time in a waiting room, seemingly | Peter Gordon |
| Tuesday, August 07, 2001 | 30D | Countless years | Mark P. Sherwood |
| Monday, August 06, 2001 | 24A | Years and years | Bernice Gordon |
| Tuesday, July 31, 2001 | 58D | Seemingly forever | Sarah Keller |
| Tuesday, July 03, 2001 | 39A | Ages and ages | Randall J. Hartman |
| Monday, May 07, 2001 | 64D | Unit of time | Nancy Salomon and Bob Frank |
| Sunday, April 29, 2001 | 38D | Many, many moons | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Sunday, April 22, 2001 | 112D | Time on end | Patrick Berry |
| Saturday, April 14, 2001 | 34D | Quite a while | Rich Norris |
| Monday, April 02, 2001 | 18A | Long, long time | Peter Gordon |
| Wednesday, March 07, 2001 | 43A | Geologist's measure | Noah Dephoure |
| Sunday, December 24, 2000 | 121D | Long time to wait | Bill Zais |
| Thursday, December 21, 2000 | 46A | Period in the earth's history | Manny Nosowsky |
| Monday, December 18, 2000 | 23A | Ages and ages | Nancy Kavanaugh |
| Sunday, November 26, 2000 | 21A | It lasts and lasts | Patrick Berry |
| Sunday, November 12, 2000 | 104A | Long period | Joe DiPietro |
| Wednesday, September 13, 2000 | 23D | Long stretch | Jim Morton |
| Friday, August 04, 2000 | 11D | No short time | Jim Page |
| Monday, June 05, 2000 | 62A | Many, many years | William A. Ballard |
| Tuesday, May 09, 2000 | 60A | Super-long time | Elizabeth C. Gorski |
| Tuesday, April 04, 2000 | 1D | Ages and ages | D. J. DeChristopher |
| Tuesday, February 08, 2000 | 24A | Ages and ages | Fred Piscop |
| Wednesday, November 24, 1999 | 56A | Two or more eras | Greg Staples |
| Friday, October 08, 1999 | 31A | Clock watcher's wait, seemingly | Nancy Salomon |
| Tuesday, September 21, 1999 | 20A | Long, long time | Stephanie Spadaccini |
| Saturday, September 18, 1999 | 56D | Many chiliads | Joe DiPietro |
| Thursday, July 08, 1999 | 60D | Loooong wait | M. Francis Vuolo |
| Tuesday, July 06, 1999 | 44A | Immeasurable period | Arthur P. Stoliar |
| Saturday, May 15, 1999 | 47A | Many chiliads | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Sunday, April 18, 1999 | 133A | Generations | Frank Longo |
| Saturday, April 03, 1999 | 27A | Time in history | Pat M. Hugel |
| Monday, February 08, 1999 | 32D | Long, long time | Sidney L. Robbins (1909-97) |
| Wednesday, February 03, 1999 | 26D | Centuries and centuries | Glenn E. Sykes |
| Wednesday, December 23, 1998 | 25A | Long time | Christopher Hurt |
| Wednesday, December 16, 1998 | 25A | A billion years | Nancy Salomon |
| Sunday, October 25, 1998 | 116D | Ages | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Sunday, August 30, 1998 | 97A | Interminable time | John Wolting |
| Wednesday, August 12, 1998 | 56A | Lots of time | Alan Arbesfeld |
| Wednesday, July 08, 1998 | 53D | One billion years | Sam Bellotto Jr. |
| Monday, June 01, 1998 | 34D | Long, long time | Evie Eysenburg |
| Monday, May 25, 1998 | 25A | Years and years | William Canine |
| Saturday, April 25, 1998 | 19A | Forever, or close to it | Jim Page |
| Monday, March 16, 1998 | 22D | Seemingly forever | Mark Moldowsky |
| Sunday, March 15, 1998 | 94A | Years on end | Frank Longo |
| Tuesday, March 10, 1998 | 29D | Long, long time | Patrick Jordan |
| Sunday, February 08, 1998 | 58A | Long time | Manny Nosowsky |
| Thursday, November 13, 1997 | 33A | Waiting period, seemingly | Manny Nosowsky |
| Friday, November 07, 1997 | 41A | Age | Brendan Emmett Quigley |
| Tuesday, October 28, 1997 | 41D | Long time | Bernice Gordon |
| Sunday, July 20, 1997 | 32D | Quite a while | Rich Norris |
| Friday, July 18, 1997 | 43A | One billion years, in geology | Martin Ashwood-Smith |
| Tuesday, July 01, 1997 | 25A | Long, long time | Fred Piscop |
| Sunday, February 23, 1997 | 75D | Waiting period, seemingly | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Wednesday, December 04, 1996 | 23D | Long time | M. E. Skolsky |
| Friday, November 08, 1996 | 31D | Phanerozoic, for instance | M. Gaffney |
| Sunday, September 29, 1996 | 22D | Awfully long time | M. Reagle |
| Wednesday, September 11, 1996 | 60D | Years and years | B. E. Quigley |
| Sunday, July 21, 1996 | 88D | Time without end | D. Niles |
| Sunday, June 09, 1996 | 119D | Seemingly forever | M. Gaffney |
| Saturday, May 11, 1996 | 23A | Roughly forever | D. Niles |
| Sunday, April 07, 1996 | 8D | Unspecific duration | C. Millhauser |
| Monday, February 19, 1996 | 30D | Untold centuries | T. W. Schier |
| Wednesday, February 14, 1996 | 51A | Ages and ages | C. Lundberg |
| Monday, December 04, 1995 | 5D | Long, long ago | Sidney L. Robbins |
| Wednesday, July 05, 1995 | 4D | Long time | Norman S. Wizer |
| Sunday, June 11, 1995 | 55A | Waiting period, seemingly | Coral Amende |
| Sunday, April 23, 1995 | 29A | Many, many years | Randolph Ross |
| Monday, February 20, 1995 | 53A | Untold centuries | Bernice Gordon |
| Sunday, February 19, 1995 | 112D | Many lifetimes | Alfio Micci |
| Sunday, January 29, 1995 | 116A | Years and years | Bryant White |
| Monday, November 07, 1994 | 9D | Long time | Randall J. Hartman |
| Friday, October 14, 1994 | 16A | A month of Sundays | Bob Sefick |
| Wednesday, October 12, 1994 | 39A | A dog's age | Gregory E. Paul |
| Saturday, October 01, 1994 | 22A | Forever and a day | Bob Klahn |
| Thursday, September 22, 1994 | 61D | Long, long time | George Quincy |
| Thursday, August 04, 1994 | 65A | Long spell | Jim Page |
| Sunday, March 13, 1994 | 108A | Long time | Nancy Nicholson Joline |
| Tuesday, January 11, 1994 | 54A | Eternity | Albert J. Klaus |
| Saturday, January 08, 1994 | 30A | Timepiece? | Rand H. Burns |