Related Clues:

• Like a boring lecture, probably
• Like the 'i' in 'like'
• Overly extended
• Like epics
• Like most Michener novels
• ___ John Silver
• Lasting a while
• Reaching into the past, as a memory
• Coat specification
• Mature pine lasting many years
• Like the "o" in "no"
• With 37- and 38-Across, big hit
• Like the "o" in go
• Tedious section of reading no listener recalled
• Taking an eternity arriving, say, being held up