| THIRDAGE | Period of life defined as being after children have left home, people have retired and remain active (5,3) |
| DOWNSIZE | To move to a smaller residence, often to save money or after children have left home (8) |
| EMPTYNESTERS | Informal term for parents whose grown-up children have left home (5,7) |
| EMPTYNESTER | Parent whose children have left home (5-6) |
| NESTER | Person whose children have left home, empty ... |
| BRAILLE | An alphabet of raised dots for the partially sighted and blind, which came into being after a boy's tragic accident with a sharp tool of the awl kind (7) |
| BRADYCARDIA | Abnormally low heartbeat, typically defined as being 60 beats per minute or less (11) |
| TOYPOODLE | Dog breed. defined as being less than 28cm tall at the shoulder (3.6) |
| SATYR | Mythical being, after last day of week, starts to yawn and relax (5) |
| FULLYIMMUNE | State of being after a presidential pardon; or in relation to COVID-19 with the help of the circled letters |
| PERSISTENT | Word often applied to weeds that are difficult to kill, or pesticides that remain active for a long period (10) |
| SPANIEL | Period of life that is left for a dog |
| TEENS | Period of life between thirteen and twenty (5) |
| DOTAGE | Period of life when one is old and weak (6) |
| ADOLESCENTS | Those in the period of life between puberty and maturity (11) |
| RETIREMENT | The period of life after ceasing work |
| TINSELLED | Being after money player expected to do well pens lines - just like the 32 this time of year! |
| ABED | Part of the garden where you"ll find those who have retired (4) |
| HOE | Many have left home to work on the land (3) |
| FILMGOER | One would have left home for Casablanca |
