| AET | At the age of: Lat. |
| AETAT | At the age of: Lat., abbr. |
| BYRON | Lord -; title of the poet whose works include Childe Harold's Pilgrimage and Don Juan, the father of Ada Lovelace, he died from malaria at the age of 36 (5) |
| MILLAIS | Pre-Raphaelite who, at the age of 11, became the youngest-ever student at the Royal Academy Schools; |
| OTISREDDING | American soul singer who died in a plane crash at the age of 26, one month before his biggest hit, (Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay, was released |
| LITTLEMO | Nickname of the tennis player who at the age of 18 became first woman to win all four Grand Slam tournaments during the same year (6,2) |
| PERCIVALMOLSON | Honoured Member of Canada's Sports hall of Fame killed in WWI in France at the age of 36. The Alouettes' home field is named in his honour: 2 wds. |
| SCOTS | Mary, Queen of -; queen of Scotland at the age of six days, beheaded age 44 (5) |
| LENAHORNE | American singer, dancer, actress and civil rights activist who joined the chorus of the Cotton Club at the age of 16 in 1933 (4,5) |
| WILLIAMPITT | --- --- the Younger, became the youngest Prime Minister of Great Britain in 1783 at the age of 24 (7,4) |
| GRITTAR | Horse that won the 1982 Grand National, ridden by amateur jockey Dick Saunders, who at the age of 48 was the oldest jockey to have won the race (7) |
| ARNHEM | Moving there at the age of five, where did the graphic artist MC Escher spend most of his youth? (6) |
| FALDO | Former World No. 1 golfer who, at the age of 20, became the youngest player ever to qualify for the Ryder Cup (5) |
| VANGOGH | Netherlander who became an artist at the age of 27 and went on to create world-famous pieces including Sunflowers, Bedroom in Arles, The Red Vineyard and The Starry Night (3,4) |
| UNSER | Al, winner of the Indianapolis 500 in 1987 at the age of 47 years 11 months (5) |
| CHICHESTER | Cathedral city in West Sussex; or, the Gipsy Moth IV yachtsman who, at the age of 65, sailed solo around the world in less than a year with one stop (10) |
| MAMACASS | US singer who died at the age of 32 in July 1974 where four years later Keith Moon of The Who also died (4,4) |
| BUSSELL | Appointed principal at the Royal Ballet at the age of 20 and OBE in 1995, ballerina with a David Austin rose named after her who was a judge on Strictly Come Dancing (7) |
| EDWARDVI | King at the age of nine upon the death of his father, Henry VIII (6,1,1) |
| PURCELL | Appointed Westminster Abbey's organist at the age of 20, composer of Dido and Aeneas whose songs were published posthumously in the collection Orpheus Britannicus (7) |
