| ZACHBRYAN | Something in the Orange country singer who served eight years in the Navy: 2 wds. |
| JAMESOTTO | Just Got Started Lovin' You country singer who served two years in the Navy: 2 wds. |
| CONGRESSMAN | Fillmore, for eight years in the 1830s and '40s |
| JAMEYJOHNSON | In Color country singer who served four years in the Marine Corps Reserve: 2 wds. |
| MAEWEST | She served eight days in jail for public obscenity |
| AYEAYE | "Understood and will obey," in the navy (2 wds.) |
| NICOLA | Jimmy King's wife of eight years in Emmerdale (6) |
| COATES | "We Were Eight Years in Power" author Ta-Nehisi |
| JIMIHENDRIX | Purple Haze singer who served in the US Army from 1961 to 1962: 2 wds. |
| ELVISPRESLEY | Blue Suede Shoes singer who served in the US Army from 1958 to 1960: 2 wds. |
| RITAORA | Kosovo-born singer who served as a judge on The X Factor and The Masked Singer as well as a coach on "The Voice" (4,3) |
| ORR | Bobby ___ who won the James Norris Memorial Trophy 8 years in a row |
| BOERS | Which people, after the Great Trek of 1835-37, settled in the Orange Free State in South Africa? (5) |
| OFNEWYORK | Single by The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl, released in 1987, that has reached the top ten in the last eight years (9,2,3,4) |
| LIAM | The most popular name for boys born in the US in each of the last eight years. (4) |
| LSU | Sch. that's 2-3 in the Orange Bowl |
| FAIRYTALE | Single by The Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl, released in 1987, that has reached the top ten in the last eight years (9) |
| ARROGANCE | Overbearing pride in the orange car? (9) |
| OUTFLOWS | "... funds have seen net ____ (more money taken out than put in) in seven of the past eight years" (The Times, 2024) |
| JEAN | Musician Wyclef who recently released "The Carnival III," his first studio album in eight years |
