| GOODFELLAS | 1990 Ray Liotta film with the tagline "Three Decades of Life in the Mafia" |
| NARC | 2002 gritty Ray Liotta film |
| TWENTYSOMETHING | Person in the third decade of life |
| KEN | "She's everything. He's just ___", Barbie tagline (3) |
| ENTRY | "Unlawful ___" (1992 Russell/Liotta film) |
| MONTBLANC | The last Don at the centre of gangsterism in The Mafia? Clan boss in The Alps! (4,5) |
| LITTER | Word that collectively refers to a load of old rubbish; or, conversely, a veritable gift of life in the form of a farrow of piglets or a kindle of kittens (6) |
| CAVALCADE | 1931 Noel Coward play focusing on three decades in the life of the Marryott family and their servants |
| ITOBO | "...You say to yourself, who am _ _ _ _ _ther my head about this, that or the other..." part of Tyrone Power's contemplation about the meaning of life in The Razor's Edge (1946) |
| SETI | Org. with a Carl Sagan Chair for the Study of Life in the Universe |
| AIRINDIA | Flag carrier airline of India, founded in 1932 by J.R.D. Tata, and was reacquired by the Tata Group in 2022 after nearly seven decades of government ownership. (8) |
| TENDULKAR | Mumbai's icon player and the biggest name in cricket in the last three decades |
| LONDON | The Capital opens late one night for one of those in the Mafia (6) |
| MADEMEN | The writer, settling in, named murdered killers in the mafia (4,3) |
| ANKH | Ancient Egyptian symbol of life in the form of a looped cross (4) |
| LSLOWRY | Artist famous for painting scenes of life in the industrial districts of North West England (1,1,5) |
| DIAZ | Porfirio ___, president of Mexico, who, after several decades of rule, was deposed in 1911 by the Mexican Revolution (4) |
| UFO | Subject of a congressional report this month urging members to address decades of unexplained sightings; you can also find one in each of our four theme entries |
| LADYGAGA | Shallow pop singer who's had top 10 hits in each of the last three decades: 2 wds. |
| TAYLORSWIFT | Cardigan pop singer who's had top 10 hits in each of the last three decades: 2 wds. |
