| GUERNSEY | On which island did Victor Hugo live for over 15 years following his exile from France? (8) |
| EJECTS | exiles from France I returned - c'est different |
| TAGGART | Detective series that aired for over 15 years after the death of Mark McManus, who played the title character |
| BOB | Businessman Iger who ran Disney for over 15 years |
| ERIN | Actress Torpey who was on "One Life to Live" for over a decade |
| DOUGLASFIR | Tall evergreen conifer that can live for over 1,000 years (7,3) |
| TWENTIES | Years following teens (8) |
| MALDEMER | Motion sickness on a ferry from France? (3,2,3) |
| SIKORSKI | Wladyslaw ___, prime minister of the Polish government in exile from 1939-43 (8) |
| VAGRANCY | Virginia with cold year following relative's homelessness (8) |
| TERIYAKI | One year, following winless season, American kid fails to finish course in Japan |
| WESTRAY | On which island did scientists find a gene variant which could increase the risk of some cancers? (7) |
| SAIPAN | On which island did Mick McCarthy and Roy Keane have a famous bust-up? (6) |
| SKYROS | On which island did Theseus reportedly die? (6) |
| WIGHT | On which island did Queen Victoria die? (5) |
| AKASH | Indigenous missile defence system that successfully countered attacks from Pakistan, developed over 15 years by a thousand scientists. (5) |
| MIR | It was up for just over 15 years |
| ELBA | From which island did Napoleon escape in 1815? (4) |
| PUERTORICO | In West Side Story, from which island do the families of Maria and her friends come? (6,4) |
| ADVENTUREBAY | In which inlet on the east coast of Tasmania's Bruny Island did Cook and Tasman both anchor? (9,3) |
