| NORMANLEAR | Producer of 2019's Live in Front of a Studio Audience re-creations who became at 97 the oldest-ever Emmy winner: 2 wds. |
| ABC | "Live in Front of a Studio Audience" airer |
| JOHNGOODENOUGH | At 97, the oldest Nobel Prize recipient (awarded in 2019) |
| BARNDOOR | Adjustable flap over the front of a studio or theatre lamp (4,4) |
| MOODY | The ___ Theater (Texas venue where the show at 8-Down gets taped live in front of an audience) |
| BLOOM | An open flower it became At end of job on weaving frame (5) |
| NODDY | Enid Blyton creation who lives in Toyland (5) |
| PROSPERO | Shakespeare creation who says "Now my charms are all o'erthrown" |
| MRBEAN | Rowan Atkinson creation who rarely speaks (2,4) |
| GOLD | With 14-Across, what Italy's Francesca Lollobrigida became at the Milano Cortina Olympics on Saturday; Italians also won a silver and bronze that day, completing the trifecta |
| PRINCIPALDANCER | What he became at 59-Across, soon after defecting |
| HALEIRWIN | Golfer who became the oldest ever US Open champion in 1990 at the age of 45 |
| CRACKNELL | James ____ became the oldest ever Boat Race rower at the age of 46, in Cambridge's winning 2019 eight |
| NINETYSIX | June Squibb, who made her Broadway debut in 1959's Gypsy, became the oldest-ever Tony nominee this year at this age |
| EASTER | This former England No 8 became the oldest-ever Six Nations try-scorer when touching down v Italy in 2015 (a record since beaten) (6) |
| BUZZALDRIN | At 97, he's the oldest living astronaut; his most recent interview was with People magazine in 2024, discussing the Apollo missions |
| WANDASYKES | She played Louise Jefferson in the 2019 live re-creation of The Jeffersons: 2 wds. |
| HERMANNPAUL | Herr Muller, who won races on two, three, and four wheels, and still holds the record for being the oldest ever motorcycle world champion. (7,4) |
| DINOZOFF | Italian goalkeeper, the oldest ever player to be in a World Cup-winning team |
| CHRISTOPHER | ___ Plummer, oldest-ever Best Actor nominee for his performance in All The Money In The World (11) |
