| HEYDAY | They daydream during their prime (6) |
| HIPPOS | "Poop-opotamus" romance: During their mating season, these heavyweight honchos spin their tails to hurl their turds at the objects of affection |
| EASELS | Frames for supporting works of art during their creation (6) |
| NOONAN | Navigator who disappeared with aviator Amelia Earhart over the Pacific during their world flight, Fred ... (6) |
| COCOON | Silky case spun by the larvae of insects such as caterpillars for protection during their pupa stage (6) |
| KEYNES | Economist and Bloomsbury Group member painted by Duncan Grant while writing his Treatise on Probability during their holiday in Orkenys (6) |
| SMOLTS | Silvery post-parr-stage salmon during their migration from fresh water to the saline sea for the first time (6) |
| BAVUMA | Who was the South African Test team captain during their recent series in the West Indies? (6) |
| MACRON | French President involved in a viral video showing an unusual moment with his wife Brigitte during their arrival in Vietnam. (6) |
| RAYUDU | '2D player' who was the highest run scorer for CSK during their successful title run in the 2018 IPL |
| HASBEENS | They're past their prime |
| QUAIL | This bird's young remain with their parents during their first summer. They eat mainly seeds and berries but also leaves, roots, and some insects. Their flesh is considered a delicacy, as are their eg |
| ELDERLY | Foreign articles extremely lovely, past their prime (7) |
| NAGS | Horses that are past their prime |
| OLD | Do up about fifty past their prime (3) |
| DOTARDS | Ones well past their prime |
| MOD | Like the Who in their prime |
| USEDCARS | Cures sad, sick types, no longer in their prime but still capable of going on the road (4,4) |
| OVERTHE | & 21A Where one may see mountaineers past their prime? (4,3,4) |
| LEGACYACT | Group or artist long past their prime but still enduringly popular |
