| What candles may represent | 26 |
| Touchy subject, to some | 23 |
| Paleontologist's estimate | 29 |
| Historic time in music | 22 |
| Guarded secret, for some | 24 |
| Carbon-dating revelation | 24 |
| Basis for discrimination | 24 |
| Bartender's concern | 23 |
| A dog's ___ (long spell) | 28 |
| Yours gets a yearly increase | 28 |
| Yours changes once a year | 25 |
| Word with old or group | 22 |
| Wine buyer's concern | 24 |
| What candles sometimes reveal | 29 |
| What candles may reveal | 23 |
| Time of one's life? | 23 |
| Something often lied about | 26 |
| Something held in a bracket | 27 |
| Sit in a barrel, maybe | 22 |
| Secret of the vain, perhaps | 27 |
| One thing candles represent | 27 |
| Negotiate a figurative hill? | 28 |
| Minor drinking problem? | 23 |
| Improve, in the wine cellar | 27 |
| Ever-increasing number | 22 |
| Delicate subject, to some | 25 |
| Cause of some wrinkles | 22 |
| Carbon-dating estimate | 22 |
| Carbon-14 determination | 23 |
| Candles' representation | 27 |
| Bit of biographical info | 24 |
| Birthday candle giveaway | 24 |
| Basis of some discrimination | 28 |
| Archaeologist's reckoning | 29 |
| Approach AARP eligibility | 25 |
| Application information | 23 |
| Admission factor, at times | 26 |
| Years you've lived | 22 |
| Word with middle and school | 27 |
| Word with mental or middle | 26 |
| Word following Bronze or old | 28 |
| Word before or after old | 24 |
| Word after iron or ice | 22 |
| Word after Iron or Bronze | 25 |
| Wisdom bringer, perhaps | 23 |
| Wine selection concern | 22 |
| What rings may signify | 22 |
| What comes before beauty? | 25 |
| What comes before beauty | 24 |
| What birthday candles signify | 29 |
| Twain's Gilded ___ | 22 |
| Touchy subject for Benny | 24 |
| Ticket pricing factor, often | 28 |
| The time of one's life | 26 |
| The ___ of Innocence | 22 |
| Suffix with peon or break | 25 |
| Subject of a guessing game | 26 |
| Space or Stone follower | 23 |
| Something often guessed | 23 |
| Some people lie about theirs | 28 |
| Social Security matter | 22 |
| Social Security determination | 29 |
| Six, say, for a first-grader | 28 |
| Sit in a cellar, perhaps | 24 |
| Sensitive point for many | 24 |
| Secret stat, sometimes | 22 |
| Ready whisky for market | 23 |
| Queens of the Stone ___ | 23 |
| One of man's seven | 22 |
| Numbered days for a newborn? | 28 |
| Number on a birthday card | 25 |
| Number of candles on a cake? | 28 |
| Number in PG-13 or NC-17 | 24 |
| New, old or nuclear follower | 28 |
| Movie restriction, at times | 27 |
| Make better, as cheddar | 23 |
| Keep in a cellar, maybe | 23 |
| Keep in a barrel, perhaps | 25 |
| Just a number, it's said | 28 |
| Jim Croce song about growing? | 29 |
| Jack Benny's was 39 | 23 |
| Jack Benny's secret | 23 |
| It's measured from birth | 28 |
| It's always increasing | 26 |
| It's a matter of time | 25 |
| It may follow drinking | 22 |
| It couldn't wither Cleo | 27 |
| It changes on your birthday | 27 |
| Iron or stone follower | 22 |
| Insurance application datum | 27 |
| Information from tree rings | 27 |
| Ice, Iron or Bronze follower | 28 |
| Greeting card figure, maybe | 27 |
| Golden or Gilded follower | 25 |
| Get better, as much wine | 24 |
| Get better, as cheddar | 22 |
| Figure often lied about | 23 |
| Dog's ____: long time | 25 |
| Develop flavor, perhaps | 23 |
| Delicate subject, for some | 26 |