| MEGRYAN | Actress who rekindled her relationship with John Mellencamp after a three-year hiatus: 2 wds. |
| BTS | Pop group that started a three-year hiatus in 2022 |
| LEAP | It's bound to occur after a three-year gap (4) |
| LOMAX | Chester nurse who has rekindled her relationship with Tom Cunningham (5) |
| PERI | Chester nurse who has rekindled her relationship with Tom Cunningham (4) |
| DANNY | __ Lomax, Hollyoaks man in a relationship with John Paul McQueen (5) |
| PURPLE | Color of the kid-friendly dinosaur Barney, who returns next year with a new animated show after a 13-year hiatus |
| KATEBUSH | Who performed a 22-night residency in London last year after a 35-year hiatus? (4,4) |
| JOANBAEZ | Who said the lyrics in her song Diamonds & Rust refer to her relationship with Bob Dylan? (4,4) |
| SPIN | Music magazine whose print edition resumed as a quarterly this year after a 12-year hiatus |
| FINALLYFOUR | Like a three-year-old after a tough year, to Mom? |
| MANDY | Weatherfield woman who wants daughter Jenna to end her relationship with Sophie Webster (5,6) |
| SCULLY | Steph ___, Ramsay Street lady who ended her relationship with Jack Callahan (6) |
| LINDA | White House employee who secretly taped Monica Lewinsky's telephone conversations discussing her relationship with Bill Clinton, ... Tripp |
| PATTISMITH | She has written three bestselling memoirs, one of which focused on her relationship with photographer Robert Maplethorpe |
| IMGLAD | 2003 Jennifer Lopez single inspired by her relationship with actor Ben Affleck (2,4) |
| PRIYA | & 43A _-Hart, Walford woman who reignited her relationship with Ravi (5,6) |
| MOM | "___ & Me & ___" (Maya Angelou autobiography focusing on her relationship with a parent) |
| TBONE | Burnett who released 2006's "The True False Identity" after a 14-year hiatus |
| TRIPOS | A Cambridge exam, named after a three-legged stool once used at degree ceremonies (6) |