| 100% | GAVE | 4 | "I ___ up on him a long time ago." (lost hope) |
| 45% | ONCE | 4 | A long time ago |
| 44% | ERST | 4 | Once, a long time ago |
| 44% | THOU | 4 | You, a long time ago |
| 44% | LIVETH | 6 | Resides a long time ago? |
| 43% | OLDIE | 5 | Song from a long time ago |
| 43% | AGED | 4 | ___ wine (bottled a long time ago) |
| 43% | IFEELSOOLD | 10 | "God, that was a long time ago" |
| 43% | IFEELOLD | 8 | "Gosh, that was a long time ago" |
| 42% | YOURE | 5 | It can sound like a long time ago |
| 42% | ITWAS | 5 | "___ a long time ago that we last met...": 2 wds. |
| 42% | FAR | 3 | "A long time ago, in a land ___ away ..." |
| 41% | TYPE | 4 | "He's really not my ___" ("Don't set me up on a date with him") |
| 39% | WHENDIDYOULANDONEARTH | 21 | "__?" "A long time ago" |
| 39% | AWAY | 4 | "A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far ___..." ("Star Wars" opening words) |
| 39% | LYINGIN | 7 | Staying in bed for a long time on a morning |
| 39% | STARWARS | 8 | Franchise that begins “a long time ago in a galaxy far, far away . . .” |
| 38% | LOBS | 4 | Tennis shots that spend a long time up in the air |
| 38% | NOEND | 5 | On and on for a long time (2 wds) |
| 38% | ANCIENT | 7 | A very long time ago, pre-Roman empire |
| 37% | ERAS | 4 | Long stretches on a time line |
| 37% | ARTOO | 5 | Beeper from "a long time ago," informally |
| 36% | ONCE | 4 | ___ upon a time, long long ago... |
| 36% | ONCE | 4 | "___ upon a time, long long ago..." |
| 36% | SHUTAWAY | 8 | Lock up for a long time |
| 36% | CAMETONOTHING | 13 | "Then my friend set me up with a recluse, but he ..." |
| 36% | INAGES | 6 | Since a long, long time ago |
| 35% | LAP | 3 | I get lost every time you stand up. Who am I? |
| 35% | ANCIENT | 7 | From a very very long time ago |
| 35% | END | 3 | For hours on ___ (for a long time) |