| TRIMMED | Cut heard about eighteen years ago (7) |
| IMAC | Apple that debuted 18 years ago |
| SAROS | Astronomical period of about 18 years |
| AMERICAN | 1999 film in which Stifler's mom pours a glass of scotch and remarks, "Aged eighteen years...just th |
| ALEC | Actor who was knighted eighteen years before appearing alongside Mark, Harrison, and Carrie |
| ADULT | Eighteen year old or eight-on year old, e.g. |
| TEMPERA | A traveller gathered about 18 (7) |
| PREPARE | Edited paper about 18 (3 of 3) (7) |
| HOSTAGE | One kept prisoner for 18 years under army (7) |
| ROMANIA | Country in south-east Europe (91,699 sq miles; pop about 18 million). It joined NATO in 2004 (7) |
| ALEVELS | Examinations taken typically when aged about 18 (1,6) |
| COLEMAN | British sports commentator and TV presenter who hosted A Question of Sport for 18 years (5,7) |
| NAVARRO | French detective series for 18 years |
| OROLDER | Words after "18 years" |
| GLORIOUS | It's beautiful and good to look at us about eighteen! |
| WEAPONRY | Big guns, perhaps, spent about eighteen pounds, seventy five pence |
| CUBIT | Copper piece, about eighteen inches |
| RECOURSE | Resort with about eighteen golf holes, perhaps |
| ZAIRE | Former name for large country in southcentral Africa (about 900,000 sq miles; pop about 18 million) (5) |
| THEISTIC | Religious jerk, about 18 (8) |
