| INOUYE | Hawaiian senator for almost 50 years |
| MAD | Illustrator Jack Davis drew for which wacky magazine for almost 50 years? (3) |
| HELEN | - - - Worth, actress who has played Gail in Coronation Street for almost 50 years (5) |
| TED | Kennedy who was a senator for almost 47 years |
| OLDER | Like tin cans, vis-a-vis can openers ... by almost 50 years! |
| SIBERIA | Region almost 50 times larger than New Zealand, part of Russia for more than 300 years (7) |
| APRIL | Woman, a fuddy-duddy, almost 50 (5) |
| HIRAM | Former Hawaiian senator Fong |
| FONG | Hawaiian senator, 1959-77 |
| CANADA | Which country has almost 50 percent of the world's freshwater lakes? (6) |
| BENGALI | Asian language, almost 50 per cent English, in part of Indonesia (7) |
| OSTRICHES | Almost fifty per cent treasure birds |
| MELISSA | She met almost fifty saints in Iowa |
| NEARLY | Almost fifty, inside yearn to be free (6) |
| FAMILYFEUD | In a December episode of this game show, Shaquille O'Neal secured victory for his team by choosing No.1 Answer "the Grinch" for "a character who's known for almost ruining Christmas" |
| TANNER | Rita ___, cobbles resident for almost 55 years (6) |
| HOSNI | Mubarak who was president for almost 30 years |
| MICKEY | ___ Mouse (Disney toon for almost 100 years) |
| GOLDENKIWI | Lottery which ran for almost 30 years before Lotto (6,4) |
| MICK | Walford bloke who has been landlord of Vic for almost nine years (4) |
