| Up there, so to speak | 21 |
| Swiss description | 17 |
| Survived years | 14 |
| Stored, as burgundy | 19 |
| Started to pucker up, perhaps? | 30 |
| Senectuous | 10 |
| Scotch bottle word | 18 |
| Sat in the wine cellar | 22 |
| Ripened, like cheese | 20 |
| Rest-home occupants | 19 |
| Ready to get drunk? | 19 |
| Ready to get drunk, perhaps | 27 |
| Pulp "Help the ___" | 29 |
| Puckered, say | 13 |
| Produced fine wine | 18 |
| Processed wine or cheese | 24 |
| Prepared brandy | 15 |
| Preferred vintage | 17 |
| Perfected, in the wine cellar | 29 |
| Past the prime | 14 |
| Old-timers, with "the" | 32 |
| Not young | 9 |
| Not a spring chicken | 20 |
| Nonagenarians | 13 |
| Mellowed, perhaps | 17 |
| Mellowed, like cheese | 21 |
| Mellowed, in a way | 18 |
| Mellowed, as wine | 17 |
| Mellow, as wine | 15 |
| Medicare-eligible, maybe | 24 |
| Matured, as cheddar | 19 |
| Matured as wine | 16 |
| Made it through another day, in a way | 37 |
| Made better, as cheddar | 23 |
| Lost the green | 14 |
| Lost agility, say | 17 |
| Like the contents of many cellars | 33 |
| Like supercentenarians | 22 |
| Like some cheddar cheese | 24 |
| Like single-malt whiskey | 24 |
| Like single-malt scotch | 23 |
| Like sharp Canadian cheddar | 27 |
| Like relics | 11 |
| Like quality balsamic vinegar | 29 |
| Like prime steak | 16 |
| Like old album covers | 21 |
| Like much good wine | 19 |
| Like most whiskey | 17 |
| Like mature cheeses | 19 |
| Like John Adams in the early 1820's | 39 |
| Like good wine and cheese | 25 |
| Like good whisky | 16 |
| Like good swiss | 15 |
| Like good Scotch | 16 |
| Like good cheddar | 17 |
| Like good brandy | 16 |
| Like fine wine or cheese | 24 |
| Like fine whiskeys | 18 |
| Like fine port | 14 |
| Like fine cigars | 16 |
| Like fine Burgundy | 18 |
| Like fine brandy | 16 |
| Like extra-sharp cheddar | 24 |
| Like extra sharp cheddar, say | 29 |
| Like Enos, in the Bible | 23 |
| Like cheese or whiskey | 22 |
| Like bock beer | 14 |
| Like a prized cabernet, say | 27 |
| Like a graybeard | 16 |
| Like a fine wine | 16 |
| Like a fine Bordeaux | 20 |
| Let sit, as wine | 16 |
| Let ripen | 9 |
| Left in a barrel, perhaps | 25 |
| Kept underground, maybe | 23 |
| Kept in the cellar, maybe | 25 |
| Kept in a vat, say | 18 |
| Kept in a cellar, perhaps | 25 |
| Kept in a barrel, say | 21 |
| Keith Richards' look | 24 |
| Jerry Lee Lewis "Middle ___ Crazy" | 44 |
| In the 40s? | 11 |
| In a bottle for a long time | 27 |
| Improved, perhaps | 17 |
| Improved, in a way | 18 |
| Improved in a wine cellar | 25 |
| Improved by time | 16 |
| Home for the ___ | 16 |
| Grew mellower maybe | 20 |
| Grew mellow | 11 |
| Grew gray, perhaps | 18 |
| Grew gray | 9 |
| Got wrinkled, often | 19 |
| Got wiser, perhaps | 18 |
| Got wiser, hopefully | 20 |
| Got some seasoning | 18 |
| Got long in the tooth | 21 |
| Got creaky, perhaps | 19 |
| Got better, like cheddar | 24 |
| Got a touch of gray | 19 |