| 1,000,000,000 years |
EON |
| Animal abode |
LAIR |
| Another way to spell 57-Across |
AEON |
| Big maker of notebooks |
MEAD |
| Brand of building blocks |
LEGO |
| Brink or border |
VERGE |
| Calla lily's plant family |
ARUM |
| Car maintenance application |
OIL |
| Cheap cleaning cloth |
RAG |
| Extremely deep sleep |
COMA |
| Fire evidence |
SMOKE |
| Fishing ___ |
ROD |
| Gift in Hawaii |
LEI |
| Good soil for planting |
LOAM |
| Green citrus fruit |
LIME |
| Hammer's partner |
NAIL |
| Hard work |
LABOR |
| Have a meal |
ATE |
| Having had many birthdays |
AGED |
| Hockey games are played on this |
ICE |
| It may contain a letter |
ENVELOPE |
| It's washed every day |
FACE |
| Item for an actor on stage |
PROP |
| Killed, as a dragon |
SLEW |
| Kind of decoration or arrangement |
FLORAL |
| Large Jamaican fruit |
UGLI |
| Letter-starting word |
DEAR |
| Like a woefully weak excuse |
LAME |
| Long, long ___ |
AGO |
| Make corrections to a story |
EDIT |
| Modifies, as legislation |
AMENDS |
| Never ___ (at no time) |
EVER |
| Opposite of minus |
PLUS |