| Retired Ram | 11 |
| Retired racehorse, often | 24 |
| Retired racehorse, maybe | 24 |
| Retired professors | 18 |
| Retired professor's title (Abbr.) | 37 |
| Retired professor's title | 29 |
| Retired professor's designation | 35 |
| Retired prof's title: Abbr. | 31 |
| Retired prof's title | 24 |
| Retired prof | 12 |
| Retired planes: Abbr. | 21 |
| Retired plane | 13 |
| Retired pitcher whose license plate is DL000 | 44 |
| Retired number of Dodger Tommy Lasorda | 38 |
| Retired NPR host Hansen | 23 |
| Retired nook | 12 |
| Retired NHL player Robitaille | 29 |
| Retired NFL placekicker Jason | 29 |
| Retired New York senator Al D'__ | 36 |
| Retired New Orleans trolley | 27 |
| Retired netman Andre | 20 |
| Retired netman | 14 |
| Retired N.H.L. great Hull | 25 |
| Retired N.C. senator | 20 |
| Retired Monopoly token | 22 |
| Retired Met soprano | 19 |
| Retired Mach I breaker | 22 |
| Retired Mach 2 breaker | 22 |
| Retired mach 1 breaker | 22 |
| Retired lawyers' residence? | 31 |
| Retired JFK jet | 15 |
| Retired jets: Abbr. | 19 |
| Retired jets | 12 |
| Retired jet, for short | 22 |
| Retired jet, briefly | 20 |
| Retired jet | 11 |
| Retired Italian money | 21 |
| Retired Italian cabbage | 23 |
| Retired hoopster Ming | 21 |
| Retired hockey star | 19 |
| Retired hockey great Eric | 25 |
| Retired hams? | 13 |
| Retired gracefully | 18 |
| Retired govt. agent | 19 |
| Retired golf star Lorena | 24 |
| Retired Giant #24 | 17 |
| Retired Georgia senator Sam | 27 |
| Retired general? | 16 |
| Retired general Powell | 22 |
| Retired from a service | 22 |
| Retired for the night | 21 |
| Retired flyer: Abbr. | 20 |
| Retired flyer | 13 |
| Retired fliers, for short | 25 |
| Retired fliers | 14 |
| Retired flier, for short | 24 |
| Retired flier, briefly | 22 |
| Retired flier since 2003 | 24 |
| Retired flier | 13 |
| Retired fleet, briefly | 22 |
| Retired fleet | 13 |
| Retired first baseman Martinez | 30 |
| Retired female profs | 20 |
| Retired female professor | 24 |
| Retired female prof | 19 |
| Retired fast planes: Abbr. | 26 |
| Retired fast plane: Abbr. | 25 |
| Retired fast plane (abbr.) | 26 |
| Retired fast jets: Abbr. | 24 |
| Retired faculty | 15 |
| Retired Eurofliers | 18 |
| Retired educators | 17 |
| Retired diamond notable | 23 |
| Retired Derby winner, perhaps | 29 |
| Retired Derby winner, maybe | 27 |
| Retired Cunard liner, briefly | 29 |
| Retired Cunard flagship, for short | 34 |
| Retired cruiser | 15 |
| Retired court star | 18 |
| Retired court figure | 20 |
| Retired Cosmo | 13 |
| Retired coin | 12 |
| Retired Churchill Downs racer | 29 |
| Retired Chinese Rocket | 22 |
| Retired Chicago Bears coach called "Iron Mike" | 56 |
| Retired cager ___ Ming | 22 |
| Retired Brit. Airways fleet | 27 |
| Retired boxer with a win-loss record of 56-5 | 44 |
| Retired boomers, familiarly | 27 |
| Retired boomers | 15 |
| Retired boomer, for short | 25 |
| Retired boomer, briefly | 23 |
| Retired boomer | 14 |
| Retired bishop with a ballerina-friendly name | 45 |
| Retired Big Apple basketball player? | 36 |
| Retired barrier breaker, for short | 34 |
| Retired Audi supermini | 22 |
| Retired Atl. fliers | 19 |
| Retired Atl. crossers | 21 |
| Retired Atl. crosser | 20 |