| CHILDHOOD | Early period in a person's life (9) |
| CHAPTER | From "caput", meaning "head", a titled division of a book or other written work; a distinctive period in history or in a person's life; or, a series of events forming an episode (7) |
| EPOCHS | Geochronologic units between periods and ages; particular points in history or in a person's life; or, the notable events marking these (6) |
| SILENTERA | Early period in Hollywood |
| AFTERLIFE | Life after death or a later time in a person's lifetime (9) |
| BOYFRIEND | A lover of ornate finery in a person's embrace (9) |
| AESTIVATE | Spend a hot or dry period in a prolonged state of torpor (9) |
| AFTERMATH | Period in a substantial hospital producing consequences (9) |
| TERMINATE | End period in a half-erected tent (9) |
| PROBATION | Trial period in a new job (9) |
| BIOGRAPHY | Art of writing a person's life story in an account of the same name (9) |
| ALLERGENS | Substances that cause an unwanted reaction in a person (9) |
| NOVITIATE | Trial period in a religious order |
| INDICTION | Fiscal period, in a manner of speaking |
| POLYGRAPH | Machine that uses changes in a person's physiological characteristics to detect lies (9) |
| MOURN | Think of the late or early period in speech (5) |
| BRASSERA | Early period in automaking |
| IRONAGE | Early period in human history |
| TRUSTY | Prisoner granted privileges in return for being well-behaved; or, a word meaning honest, as in a person, or reliable, as in a steed or an old car (6) |
| PITSTOP | In F1, a brief period in a race when a driver pulls-over for mechanics to perform precisely-timed ty |
