Answer: LONG
LONG is a crossword puzzle answer that we have spotted 161 times.
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"
 - Like the law's arm?
 - Suit size
 - Quite protracted
 - "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 a marathon
 - Beyond the expected run-time
 - Like epic movies
 - Reaching far in the past
 - Like 1,225-page "War and Peace"
 - Like a three-hour movie
 - Standing lead-in
 - "Soul Food" star Nia
 - Word before or after run
 - Foot-___ hot dog
 - Having many pages
 - 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
 - Like the mind's "i"
 - Like marathons
 - "To make a ___ story short ... "
 - Like some grapes
 - The "L" of LP
 - Sleep-inducing, maybe, as a lecture
 - Like a four-hour movie
 - Out of bounds, in a way
 - Like Rapunzel's hair
 - How a boring story might feel
 - Pine for
 - Like T.S.A. lines on holiday weekends
 - Like the odds of an unlikely event
 - "Took you ___ enough!"
 - Like some vowels and memories
 - Lasting a while
 - ___ division
 - Hunger (for)
 
Last Seen In:
- LA Times - October 26, 2025
 - LA Times - August 18, 2025
 - LA Times - August 10, 2025
 - USA Today - May 07, 2025
 - New York Times - December 15, 2024
 - USA Today - October 04, 2024
 - New York Times - September 09, 2024
 - USA Today - August 22, 2024
 - New York Times - August 19, 2024
 - New York Times - July 31, 2024
 - New York Times - October 31, 2023
 - New York Times - August 14, 2023
 - New York Times - August 01, 2023
 - New York Times - July 16, 2023
 - USA Today - January 24, 2023
 - USA Today - December 28, 2022
 - LA Times - November 18, 2022
 - USA Today - November 02, 2022
 - New York Times - October 31, 2022
 - New York Times - July 09, 2022
 
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