| DOTAGE | Final years' thanks accepted by Venetian. (6) |
| APACHE | ___-trout-(fish-species-coming-off-the-US-Fish-&-Wildlife-endangered-list-after-50-years,-thanks-to-conservation) |
| PANTALOON | One of man's 22 20 every year, thanks to lecturer in 12 (9) |
| MASTEROFPUPPETS | 1986 Metallica song that peaked at No. 35 on Billboard's Top 40 last year, thanks to a Stranger Things needle drop |
| THESIS | Shipmates ignore map produced by scholar in final year (6) |
| OLDAGE | Out-of-date newspaper from the final years (3,3) |
| RADIOS | Say goodbye to final year of broadcasting systems (6) |
| HUDSON | Olds ___-Eight model, '96 was final year |
| SENIOR | Final year student |
| ETSI | Thanks accepted by the Spanish and others (2,2) |
| ETAL | Thanks accepted by the Spanish and others (2,2) |
| MAINTAIN | Thanks accepted by parent at home for support |
| PATROLWAGONDOLA | Hybrid vehicle for use by Venetian carabinieri? |
| TITAN | Colossus made by Venetian artist ousting second one in Rome (5) |
| DODGE | Avoid duke incarcerated by Venetian magistrate |
| TAHITIAN | Islander's sympathetic expression captured by Venetian painter |
| OPTICIAN | Display of work by Venetian artist, say: I'll supply frames |
| BARCAROLE | A song sung by Venetian gondoliers (9) |
| GASLIGHT | 1938 play by Patrick Hamilton (who spent his final years on the North Norfolk coast) that was turned into the Broadway play Angel Street and a 1944 film starring Ingrid Bergman (3,5) |
| PAULGAUGIN | French painter, 1848-1903, who spent his final years in Tahiti and the Marquesas (4,6) |
