| THOSE | 1968 Mary Hopkin hit single, ----- Were the Days (5) |
| HARDTOEXPLAIN | The Strokes' first UK hit. Not a hit in the US. None of their singles were. Difficult to say why (4-2-7) |
| EDITH | She sings "Those Were the Days" with Archie |
| THOSEWERE | Mary Hopkin folk song, "... the Days" (5,4) |
| GOODBYE | 1969 UK Number Two hit for Mary Hopkin |
| TAVERN | Mary Hopkin recalled, "Once upon a time there was a ...; Where we used to raise a glass or two" |
| ANNA | British swimmer; one of the 2020 Olympic gold-winning 4x100m medley relay team, _ Hopkin (4) |
| THEMESONG | "Those Were the Days," to "All in the Family" |
| ALAS | "Ah, those were the days" |
| OLDPAL | One singing "Those Were the Days"? |
| LASALLE | *"Gee, our old ___ ran great, those were the days" |
| IDES | Offside? Those were the days! |
| YORE | Those were the days |
| SIGH | [Those were the days] |
| WHITE | The ?, Mikhail Bulgakov novel on which stage play The Days of the Turbins was based (5,5) |
| GUARD | The -, Mikhail Bulgakov novel on which stage play The Days of the Turbins was based (5,5) |
| SEPOY | An Indian soldier in the service of the British army in the days of British rule in India (5) |
| NONES | In the Roman calendar, the days leading up to the ides (middle) of each month (5) |
| ELENA | Author of the 2005 novel The Days Of Abandonment, _ Ferrante (5) |
| OLDEN | Like the days of the golden past (5) |
