| THIRDAGE | Period of life in active retirement (5,3) |
| THIRLAGE | Form of servitude, left for days in active retirement? |
| NINETIES | Several obligations in possibly last period of life |
| REBELLED | Rose in active resistance |
| BUSYBODY | Meddling sort in active organisation (8) |
| SEASHELL | Hard evidence of life in realms of Neptune and Pluto (8) |
| AGERANGE | Span of years, including end of life in a country house |
| FACELIFT | Change of life, in reality, was a cosmetic improvement (4,4) |
| GERMINAL | Zola's novel of life in the French mines |
| NEWWORLD | Coinage describing origin of life in the Americas (3,5) |
| FLATLINE | It confirms lack of life in dull series |
| PROTOZOA | Simplest form of life in zoo or apt compound (8) |
| DEBOTTON | Alain ___, Swiss-born, British-based philosopher who co-founded The School of Life in 2008 (2,6) |
| EAUDEVIE | Strong coarse brandy, literally "water of life" in French (3,2,3) |
| ALLALIKE | First sign of life in alkali compound - final couple indistinguishable from each other (3,5) |
| BESTIVAL | Book review of Life in France includes street event on the South coast |
| ADOLESCENTS | Those in the period of life between puberty and maturity (11) |
| YOUNG | In an early period of life or development. (5) |
| CHILDHOOD | Robin's early period of life? |
| DOTAGE | Old, weak period of life |
