What gets longer as it gets older but is considered a measure of time?
Category: Wordplay · Difficulty: expert
Hint: Think about something that changes with the sun's position.
Answer
A shadow
Explanation
Shadows grow longer as the sun sets, metaphorically measuring the passage of time.
This is a expert wordplay riddle — one of the harder riddles here. The answer is A shadow.
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