| OUGHTS | Possible name for the first decade of the century |
| CRECY | The site of a decisive English victory over the French in the first decade of the Hundred Years' War (5) |
| JUANMANUELFANGIO | Driver from Argentina who dominated the first decade of Formula One racing |
| THIRTIES | Last century's decade of the bodyline series, the invasion of Abyssinia and the Silver Jubilee of Ki |
| TAD | End of the first decade in the Christian calendar |
| PORTOVELHO | Capital of Brazil's state of Rondonia, on the River Madeira, also a possible name for a (different) vintage wine |
| EXPLORER | Name for the first space satellite orbited by the United States, in 1958, and any of the largest series of uncrewed U.S. spacecraft, consisting of 55 scientific satellites launched between 1958 and 19 |
| NUMBERSGAME | Type of lottery, or a possible name for this puzzle's theme |
| SWINGINGSIXTIES | Epithet for the decade of the Beatles, Mary Quant etc (8,7) |
| ESCOFFIER | Auguste ___, French chef at London's Savoy Hotel in the last decade of the 19th century |
| CALLITADAY | Quit possible name for 24 hours (4,2,1,3) |
| SNOWBALL | Possible name for a white cat |
| SITCOM | Possible name for chair e-tailer: Bottom, say |
| DYE | Curl up and ___, possible name for a hairdressing salon (3) |
| THEGREYNINETIES | That consistently overcast decade of the last century, maybe? |
| TWENTIES | “Roaring” decade of the 20th century |
| SWINGING | The decade of the '60s is thus described |
| WHATABEAUTIFULMORNING | Oh ____ is the unabbreviated name for the first song in the musical Oklahoma! |
| PRIMEMINISTER | More common name for the First Lord of the Treasury (5,8) |
| FIFTIES | Decade of the Allard Palm Beach (7) |