| Retired flyer | 13 |
| Retired flyer: Abbr. | 20 |
| Retired for the night | 21 |
| Retired from a service | 22 |
| Retired general Powell | 22 |
| Retired general? | 16 |
| Retired Georgia senator Sam | 27 |
| Retired Giant #24 | 17 |
| Retired golf star Lorena | 24 |
| Retired govt. agent | 19 |
| Retired gracefully | 18 |
| Retired hams? | 13 |
| Retired hockey great Eric | 25 |
| Retired hockey star | 19 |
| Retired hoopster Ming | 21 |
| Retired Italian cabbage | 23 |
| Retired Italian money | 21 |
| Retired jet | 11 |
| Retired jet, briefly | 20 |
| Retired jet, for short | 22 |
| Retired jets | 12 |
| Retired jets: Abbr. | 19 |
| Retired JFK jet | 15 |
| Retired lawyers' residence? | 31 |
| Retired mach 1 breaker | 22 |
| Retired Mach 2 breaker | 22 |
| Retired Mach I breaker | 22 |
| Retired Met soprano | 19 |
| Retired Monopoly token | 22 |
| Retired N.C. senator | 20 |
| Retired N.H.L. great Hull | 25 |
| Retired netman | 14 |
| Retired netman Andre | 20 |
| Retired New Orleans trolley | 27 |
| Retired New York senator Al D'__ | 36 |
| Retired NFL placekicker Jason | 29 |
| Retired NHL player Robitaille | 29 |
| Retired nook | 12 |
| Retired NPR host Hansen | 23 |
| Retired number of Dodger Tommy Lasorda | 38 |
| Retired pitcher whose license plate is DL000 | 44 |
| Retired plane | 13 |
| Retired planes: Abbr. | 21 |
| Retired prof | 12 |
| Retired prof's title | 24 |
| Retired prof's title: Abbr. | 31 |
| Retired professor's designation | 35 |
| Retired professor's title | 29 |
| Retired professor's title (Abbr.) | 37 |
| Retired professors | 18 |
| Retired racehorse, maybe | 24 |
| Retired racehorse, often | 24 |
| Retired Ram | 11 |
| Retired rapper from Bed-Stuy | 28 |
| Retired relief pitcher Mariano | 30 |
| Retired ring master | 19 |
| Retired runway model | 20 |
| Retired senator Sam | 19 |
| Retired seven-foot NBAer | 24 |
| Retired slugger Martinez | 24 |
| Retired soccer star | 19 |
| Retired soccer star Hamm | 24 |
| Retired soccer star Mia | 23 |
| Retired soldier's org. | 26 |
| Retired sonic boom producer | 27 |
| Retired speedster | 17 |
| Retired speedsters | 18 |
| Retired speedsters, briefly | 27 |
| Retired star NFL receiver Shannon ___ | 37 |
| Retired streakers, briefly | 26 |
| Retired tennis pro Shriver | 26 |
| Retired tennis star | 19 |
| Retired tennis star Andre | 25 |
| Retired tire | 12 |
| Retired valley | 14 |
| Retired warship pilot? | 22 |
| Retired with difficulty | 23 |
| Retired women professors | 24 |
| Retired, as a chair | 19 |
| Retired, as a female professor | 30 |
| Retired, as a prof. | 19 |
| Retired, as a professor | 23 |
| Retired, in a way | 17 |
| Retired, metaphorically | 23 |
| Retired, mustachioed film critic | 32 |
| Retired, with "down" | 30 |
| Retired-but-still-around types | 30 |
| Retired. | 8 |
| Retired: Abbr. | 14 |
| Retiree | 7 |
| Retiree concerns | 16 |
| Retiree concerns, for short | 27 |
| Retiree income source: Abbr. | 28 |
| Retiree Mandlikova of the courts | 32 |
| Retiree of '51 | 18 |
| Retiree of hockey fame | 22 |
| Retiree server: Abbr. | 21 |
| Retiree's abundance | 23 |
| Retiree's accumulation | 26 |
| Retiree's attire? | 21 |