| LYRICISTS | Disheartened translators after 50 years defining French here - their words have been noted |
| EGYPT | After 50 years of British occupation, this Mid East country became an independent state in August, 1 |
| HEARINGIMPAIRED | What rocker might get after 50 years of volume |
| LIFESPAN | Fine spa destroyed after 50 years of existence (8) |
| OVAL | The Indian cricket team won at this venue after 50 years. (4) |
| APACHE | ___-trout-(fish-species-coming-off-the-US-Fish-&-Wildlife-endangered-list-after-50-years,-thanks-to-conservation) |
| ELTON | Sir _ John, singer who has retired from touring after 50 years (5) |
| RELAYS | Transmits after 50 years in flux (6) |
| GAIL | Coronation Street character, played by Helen Worth, who made her final appearance in 2024 after 50 years in the show? (4) |
| SYNONYMS | Which words have nearly the same meanings as other words (8) |
| QUEENOFSHEBA | He fobs off a mate of Tom's before her arrival's been noted |
| MONDAYS | As has been noted, I don't like these 5 sports (7) |
| ABOVESTATED | It's been noted already - they're over the condition, head doctor indicated |
| BIKELANES | City pathways - or what four columns in this grid might be called, considering their words' initials |
| PHILMICKELSON | He's the only golfer to win a major after 50, prevailing in the 2021 PGA Championship at 50 Years, 11 Months |
| AMEN | "Truer words have never been spoken!" |
| TRUER | "___ words have never been spoken" |
| IMPRESS | "Words have no power to _ the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality": Edgar Allan Poe (7) |
| OBITUARY | What's been noted of late? (8) |
| SCRIPTURE | Dramatic words have to turn around some sacred texts (9) |
