| What candles sometimes reveal | 29 |
| What candles may reveal | 23 |
| What candles at a party signify | 31 |
| Wharton's "The __ of Innocence" | 45 |
| We all do this | 14 |
| Voting qualification | 20 |
| Twain's "The Gilded ---" | 38 |
| Twain's "The Gilded ___" | 38 |
| Twain's "issue of mind over matter" | 49 |
| Tree-rings indication | 21 |
| Time of one's life? | 23 |
| Three, for Kentucky Derby horses | 32 |
| Teen or golden | 14 |
| Sweet sixteen, e.g. | 19 |
| Survey question | 15 |
| Stone, for one | 14 |
| Stone or Bronze | 15 |
| Stage of existence | 18 |
| Something often lied about | 26 |
| Something held in a bracket | 27 |
| Sixty-five for retirement, often | 32 |
| Sit in a barrel, maybe | 22 |
| Show wear | 9 |
| Secret of the vain, perhaps | 27 |
| Scotch datum | 12 |
| Rocker's secret stat, sometimes | 35 |
| Ripen, say | 10 |
| Résumé info | 17 |
| Reason to retire | 16 |
| Pollster's query | 20 |
| Paine's "The ___ of Reason" | 41 |
| One thing candles represent | 27 |
| Obituary datum | 14 |
| Number that changes once per year | 33 |
| Number some are not straight with | 33 |
| New or old follower | 19 |
| Negotiate a figurative hill? | 28 |
| Minor drinking problem? | 23 |
| Mellow, perhaps | 15 |
| Mellow, maybe | 13 |
| Mellow, as cheese | 17 |
| Mature, as cheese | 17 |
| Mature or ripen | 15 |
| Major span | 10 |
| Live longer? | 12 |
| Live another 365 days | 21 |
| Line on a day-care application | 30 |
| Keep in a cellar | 16 |
| Jazz ___ | 8 |
| It's just a matter of time | 30 |
| It may start to show | 20 |
| It may be awkward | 17 |
| It may be advanced | 18 |
| It goes before beauty, in a saying | 34 |
| It brings wisdom and drinking privileges | 40 |
| Iron __ | 7 |
| Information ___ | 15 |
| Improve, perhaps | 16 |
| Improve, in the wine cellar | 27 |
| Improve, as steak | 17 |
| Ice, e.g. | 9 |
| Ice or Stone | 12 |
| How old you are | 15 |
| Have a birthday | 15 |
| Grow mature | 11 |
| Gray gradually | 14 |
| Golden or Bronze | 16 |
| Go gray, say | 12 |
| Get better, maybe | 17 |
| Get along in years | 18 |
| Gain another candle? | 20 |
| Fossil feature | 14 |
| Form datum, often | 17 |
| Ever-increasing number | 22 |
| Develop wrinkles, say | 21 |
| Delicate subject, to some | 25 |
| Dating concern | 14 |
| Cultural period | 15 |
| Consent concern | 15 |
| Chronology datum | 16 |
| Cause of some wrinkles | 22 |
| Carder's request | 20 |
| Carbon-dating estimate | 22 |
| Carbon-14 determination | 23 |
| Candles' representation | 27 |
| Caducity | 8 |
| Bracketing criterion | 20 |
| Bit of biographical info | 24 |
| Birthday candle giveaway | 24 |
| Bio info | 8 |
| Become older | 12 |
| Basis of some discrimination | 28 |
| Archaeologist's reckoning | 29 |
| Approach AARP eligibility | 25 |
| Application information | 23 |
| Application form info | 21 |
| Advance in years | 16 |
| Admission factor, at times | 26 |
| Add years | 9 |
| Actuary's datum | 19 |