| It's "just a number" | 34 |
| It separates the men from the boys | 34 |
| "Act your ___, not your shoe size!" | 45 |
| Word before or after ''old'' | 44 |
| What some golfers use as a scoring goal | 39 |
| Wharton's "The __ of Innocence" | 45 |
| Twain's "The Gilded ---" | 38 |
| Twain's "The Gilded ___" | 38 |
| Twain's "issue of mind over matter" | 49 |
| Three, for Kentucky Derby horses | 32 |
| Sixty-five for retirement, often | 32 |
| Rocker's secret stat, sometimes | 35 |
| Paine's "The ___ of Reason" | 41 |
| Number that changes once per year | 33 |
| Number some are not straight with | 33 |
| It goes before beauty, in a saying | 34 |
| It brings wisdom and drinking privileges | 40 |
| Acquire wisdom, so it's said | 32 |
| 2011 minus year of birth, roughly | 33 |
| 18, e.g., as a minimum for voting | 33 |
| "The ___ of Innocence" (1993) | 39 |
| "Antiques Roadshow" estimate | 38 |
| ". . . of the ___ of Aquarius" | 40 |
| "___ cannot wither her": Shak. | 40 |
| Word with information, new or old | 33 |
| What the rings signify on a tree | 32 |
| What the number of birthday candles signifies | 45 |
| What the number of birthday candles indicates | 45 |
| What some older golfers use as a scoring goal | 45 |
| What liver spots may be a sign of | 33 |
| What counting candles may reveal | 32 |
| What candles sometimes represent | 32 |
| What Benjamin Button does backwards | 35 |
| Well-kept secret, for some rockers | 34 |
| Strokes "The Modern ___" | 34 |
| Some people prefer to keep it secret | 36 |
| Sensitive piece of personal data, sometimes | 43 |
| Progress toward maximum drinkability | 36 |
| Possible basis of discrimination | 32 |
| “old ___ sticks” (e.e. cummings poem) | 45 |
| Little League eligibility criterion | 35 |
| Jack Benny's was 39 for several years | 41 |
| Item revealed on a driver's license | 39 |
| It's just a number, so they say | 35 |
| It's 'just a number' | 32 |
| It goes before beauty, so they say | 34 |
| It comes up on someone's birthday | 37 |
| Increasingly touchy subject, as it increases | 44 |
| Inaccurate info on many online dating profiles | 46 |
| Grandma's "secret" | 32 |
| Go from octogenarian to nonagenarian | 36 |
| Focus of many birthday-card jokes | 33 |
| Factor in life insurance premiums | 33 |
| Blink-182 "What's My ___ Again?" | 46 |
| Auden's "The ____ of Anxiety" | 43 |
| Auden's "The ___ of Anxiety" | 42 |
| Auden's "The __ of Anxiety" | 41 |
| 35, as a minimum to be U.S. president | 37 |
| 35 is the minimum one to be U.S. president | 42 |
| "The Ice ___," book by Margaret Drabble | 49 |
| "The Gilded ___," 1873 novel | 38 |
| "The Awkward ___": H. James | 37 |
| "The _____ of Innocence" | 34 |
| "The ___ of Reason": Paine | 36 |
| "The ___ of Reason" (Paine) | 37 |
| "... of the ___ of Aquarius" | 38 |
| "... of the ___ of Aquarius ..." | 42 |
| ''___ before beauty'' | 37 |
| "You first," facetiously | 34 |
| Saying in deference to an oldster | 33 |
| What peers typically have in common | 35 |
| Increased one's candle count | 32 |
| Sat around for years waiting to get drunk? | 42 |
| Like high-quality wine or cheese | 32 |
| Old-timers, with "the" | 32 |
| Made it through another day, in a way | 37 |
| Like the contents of many cellars | 33 |
| Like John Adams in the early 1820's | 39 |
| Jerry Lee Lewis "Middle ___ Crazy" | 44 |
| Even-__ (of similar height, as forest trees) | 44 |
| Brought to mellowness, as cheese or wine | 40 |
| Brought to a desired stage, as wine | 35 |
| Added candles to the cake, as it were | 37 |
| ___ P. in "Great Expectations" | 40 |
| "A Death in the Family" author | 40 |
| "The African Queen" screenwriter James | 48 |
| "A Death in the Family" author James | 46 |
| "The Morning Watch" author | 36 |
| "The Night of the Hunter" screenwriter | 48 |
| "The African Queen" screenwriter | 42 |
| "A Death in the Family" writer | 40 |
| "The African Queen" co-screenwriter | 45 |
| James who wrote "A Death in the Family" | 49 |
| ''The Morning Watch'' author | 44 |
| "Permit Me Voyage" poet | 33 |
| Author of "A Death in the Family" | 43 |
| "The Morning Watch" author James | 42 |
| "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men" writer | 47 |
| "A Death in the Family" writer James | 46 |
| "The African Queen" scriptwriter | 42 |