| JOSEPHBIDEN | He first entered the Senate in 1973--at age 30 years, 1 month, 14 days |
| NEONATE | Infant that's less than 1 month old |
| WASSAILING | Ceremony, usually in January, conducted to bless the forthcoming year's 1 across crop (10) |
| MARKTWAIN | American author who published his first short story at age 30 |
| NERO | Emperor who ruled for more than 13 years, dying at age 30 |
| HILARYSWANK | Actress who won her second Oscar, for 2004's Million Dollar Baby, at age 30: 2 wds. |
| GST | Australia's controversial value-added tax approved by the Senate in July, 2000 (1,1,1) |
| TANGNEY | Which Labor politician became the first female member of the senate in 1943? (7) |
| ALA | State that elected Doug Jones to the Senate in December 2017: Abbr. |
| BETOOROURKE | Texas congressman who made a much-watched run for the Senate in 2018: 2 wds. |
| BILLGATES | He once boasted he would become a millionaire by age 30 |
| MARTINIHENRY | Breech-loading single-shot rifle that first entered service with the British Army in 1871 (7-5) |
| GISH | Which Lillian's film career spanned 75 years, one of the longest in the business? (4) |
| ICAME | Start of a boast to the Senate (in English) |
| UPPERHOUSE | The Senate in Australia (5,5) |
| ADAM | Was he born on 1st Jan, year 1 in the morning? (4) |
| AD | In short - Anno Domini - proceeds the date of a specific year (1-1) |
| SADLERSWELLS | A London theatre closely associated with the clown Joseph Grimaldi, where he first performed at the age of two |
| MYERSON | Former Miss America who ran for the U.S. Senate in 1980 |
| EXTEMPORANEOUS | Senate in Rome takes up 'no' vote - it's impromptu (14) |
