| WINTERREISE | The longest of Schubert's great song-cycles, a setting of 24 poems by Wilhelm Muller (11) |
| MAHZOR | Book of prayer cycles a second Enzedder keeps failing to finish |
| IRIDESCENT | Glowing with colour, one possibly cycles a bit (10) |
| AUREVOIR | See you on cycles, a campus girl barely astride (2,6) |
| OLDTOWNROAD | 2019 Lil Nas X song that topped the charts for 19 weeks the longest of the 2010s: 3 wds. |
| ONESWEETDAY | 1995 Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men song that topped the charts for 16 weeks the longest of the 1990s: 3 wds. |
| ARRANGEMENT | Settle when meant to lose a setting of it for a different instrument (11) |
| HERMANNPAUL | Herr Muller, who won races on two, three, and four wheels, and still holds the record for being the oldest ever motorcycle world champion. (7,4) |
| IWROTEASONG | Mae Muller's 2023 Eurovision entry for the UK (1,5,1,4) |
| YANGTZE | Third-longest river in the world, and the longest of Eurasia, also known as the Chang Jiang (7) |
| IMSONNENSCHEIN | The fourth of Vier Gesange by Richard Strauss, opus 87, a setting of a poem by Ruckert (2,12) |
| IGOTTAFEELING | 2009 Black Eyed Peas song that topped the charts for 14 weeks tied for the longest of the 2000s: 3 wds. |
| CANTILEVER | Style of the Quebec Bridge (It's the longest of its kind in the world and connects Levis to Quebec City) |
| ROMANS | Sixth book of the New Testament; the longest of St Paul's biblical letters (6) |
| GERALD | British composer whose works include nine song cycles. six of them based on the poems of Thomas Hardy (6,5) |
| FINZI | British composer whose works include nine song cycles. six of them based on the poems of Thomas Hardy (6,5) |
| KINGCOBRA | Southeast Asian snake that is the longest of the venomous species (4,5) |
| CAYUGA | US duck breed named after the longest of the Finger Lakes in New York state (6) |
| PIER | Southend ____, landmark that is the longest of its kind in the UK (4) |
| SCHUMANN | Composer of the Romantic era whose works include Papillons, Dichterliebe and a setting of a German t |
