| ANNEES | Years in |
| BERNIEMADOFF | Who was sentenced to 150 years in prison in 2009 after being found guilty of the biggest ever fraud in US financial history? (6,6) |
| LIFESPAN | Scorpions have a long ___ and can live for up to 10 years in the wild and 25 years in captivity |
| OLD | Advanced in years in Interpol duties |
| ELNINOS | In oceanography, the warming phases of ENSO cycles occurring every few years in the equatorial Pacif |
| BIGGS | Which "great train robber" spent over thirty years in Brazil before returning to prison in Britain? (5) |
| SYDNEY | Small troubles end in two years in Olympic city (6) |
| POLO | Venetian family of pioneering travellers, the most famous member of whom apparently spent 17 years in China in the late 13th century (4) |
| TIBET | Brad Pitt plays a mountaineer in Seven Years in... (5) |
| MONET | Artist who spent his final 20 years in Giverny where he painted the Water Lilies series from his flower gardens and Haystacks in fields nearby (5) |
| SEVEN | Brad Pitt drama released in 1997, ----- Years in Tibet (5) |
| TWENTIES | Left trapped in relationships for years in early adulthood (8) |
| SPEER | Albert ___, chief architect of Nazi Germany who was tried at Nuremberg and sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in the Nazi regime |
| WYMAN | Who left the Rolling Stones in 1992 after thirty years in the band? (5) |
| ELTON | After almost 20 years in the singles charts, which British singer finally had a UK number one in 1990? (5,4) |
| JOHN | After almost 20 years in the singles charts, which British singer finally had a UK number one in 1990? (5,4) |
| ABBA | Band that will release its first new album in 40 years in November |
| AANDP | Grocery chain that closed in 2015 after 156 years in business |
| LAMA | Character in "Seven Years in Tibet," Dalai - |
| RIPVANWINKLE | Who, in a tale, went to sleep for 20 years in the Catskill Mountains? (3,3,6) |