| LOUISQUATORZE | European monarch who held the longest reign: 72 years and 110 days |
| SUNKING | Nickname of Louis XIV, the French monarch who reigned for 72 years and 110 days until his death in 1715 (3,4) |
| BONNIEBARTLETT | St. Elsewhere actress who's been married to co-star William Daniels for 72 years and counting; they each won an Emmy for the show on the same night in 1986 |
| ADRIANI | Pope with the longest reign between St. Peter and Pius VI (A.D. 67-1799) |
| ELIZABETH | Queen whose death ended the longest reign in British monarchical history (September, 2022) |
| KINGLOUISXIV | Monarch who reigned 72 years |
| VICTORIA | British monarch with the second longest reign (8) |
| FINCH | Poet who held the title Countess of Winchilsea and wrote A Letter to Daphnis, A Nocturnal Reverie, To the Nightingale and The Owl Describing her Young Ones (5) |
| CAMPBELL | Racing motorist and journalist who held the world speed record on land and water during the 1920s and '30s (7,8) |
| MALCOLM | Racing motorist and journalist who held the world speed record on land and water during the 1920s and '30s (7,8) |
| SLAVE | Movie with Chiwetel Ejiofor and Brad Pitt, 72 Years A - - - (5) |
| ATLAS | The first cervical vertebra of the spine, named after the titan who held the sky on his shoulders (5 |
| DEFENDER | Land Rover introduced this name to replace their 90 and 110 (8) |
| REGINALDPOLE | The last Catholic Archbishop of Canterbury, who held the office during the Counter Reformation (8,4) |
| EUBANK | Chris ---, British boxer who held the WBO middleweight and super-middleweight titles in the 1990s (6) |
| SENIOR | Keith ___, rugby league wing who held the record for the most Super League appearances and tries |
| LEONIDAS | Who held the record for the most (12) individual victory wreaths in the Ancient Olympics? |
| CROMWELL | Surname of father and son who held the title 'Lord Protector' in the 1650s (8) |
| LOUISXIV | King who ruled for 72 years |
| SAGELY | Stallone to conceal his 72 years as wise man? (6) |
