| ANAISNIN | Author who famously kept a diary for several decades |
| SCLASS | Noted Mercedes series for several decades (1-5) |
| DRAKE | One famously kept bowling partner for a duck |
| SAKI | Author who famously ended a short story with the line "Romance at |
| DAIRYMAID | Sort of produced a diary for a cow girl? |
| TAGALOG | Mark a diary for language |
| PUTINTOWORDS | Keep a diary for Express utilising what the bookmakers are obsessed with (3,4,5) |
| ANNEFRANK | Jewish girl who kept a diary about the German occupation of the Netherlands in WWII (4,5) |
| FRANK | Anne, Jewish girl who kept a diary during Nazi Germany's occupation of the Netherlands (5) |
| DAMPIER | English sea captain who visited Australia several decades before Cook |
| CHARLIE | Derek Thompson's iconic character, who left Casualty after several decades (7) |
| DIAZ | Porfirio ___, president of Mexico, who, after several decades of rule, was deposed in 1911 by the Mexican Revolution (4) |
| FIFTY | In good condition, having accumulated fine years in several decades |
| NINETIES | Northern Irish niece disheartened by items of clothing from several decades ago |
| OLDIE | Popular song from several decades back |
| DAIRYFARMERS | Rearranges diary for ranch managers and those people in the parlour (5,7) |
| SCHEDULED | Arranged diary for director (9) |
| LESSON | More availability in diary for lecture |
| MYCOLOGY | Writer's company keeps diary for study of fungi (8) |
| RAINYDAY | Use any diary for occasion when it might be needed unexpectedly (5,3) |
