| PERENNIAL | Plant that lives for several years |
| ANNUAL | A plant that lives for one year only (6) |
| EPHEMERAL | In zoology, description of an insect that lives for only one day (9) |
| TRIENNIUM | Test some articulated with hesitation for several years |
| BIENNIALS | Plants that live for two years (9) |
| SEVENTIES | Altogether the last three knockout rounds that spanned several years |
| ALTIMETER | Aerospace technology to change with intervention of several years? (9) |
| BRALETTES | Wireless tops that evolved from underwear to outerwear over the last several years |
| ALLIGATOR | Reptile with only two living species, American and Chinese, which lives for up to 50 years (9) |
| LIAM | One of the most popular names for boys in the US for several years running |
| DEMANN | Freddy ___ (Music bigwig who was Madonna's manager for several years) |
| DECADE | Went off, say, for several years (6) |
| LUSTRUM | Left university to play guitar for several years |
| STREET | Coronation ___, soap in which 14A played Raquel for several years (6) |
| FROYOMAMA | Lady who lives for soft serve? |
| SILVERFOX | Wild animal lives for uncertain times (6,3) |
| SELFDRIVE | Fred lives for working without a chauffeur (4-5) |
| SOAPOPERA | "Days of Our Lives," for one |
| CALYPSO | Caribbean music style which shares its name with an islanddwelling nymph who beguiled Odysseus for several years (7) |
| BROTHER | Celebrity Big ___, reality TV show won by 14A, the spin-off of which he hosted for several years (7) |
