| AXOID | With the second doubling shun result of advancing revolution |
| ALPHA | The first Greek letter that, with the second letter "beta", forms the origin of the name given to a system of letters we use to write (5) |
| FINNEGANSWAKE | Which James Joyce novel opens with the second half of the sentence that starts at the very end of the book? (9,4) |
| CITADEL | “Midnight! the outpost of advancing day! / The frontier town and ____ of night!” (Longfellow, Two Rivers) |
| FRONTS | The leading edges of advancing masses of air in meteorology (6) |
| GREYING | The old king observing a sign of advancing age (7) |
| AGEDNESS | Agnes & Des are in the period of advancing years (8) |
| ENDING | The process of advancing without using Latin's desinence |
| REDAUERBACH | Coach with the second-most NBA championships (9), with the Celtics: 2 wds. |
| VANGUARD | Foremost part of advancing army |
| GREYNESS | Failing energy: extremely serious condition of advancing age? |
| YELLOWING | Cry, being unsettled and showing signs of advancing years |
| RETIRE | Give up work because of advancing age (6) |
| OLDIE | Person of advancing years (5) |
| FORAGING | Gathering food in spite of advancing years (8) |
| HANDSHAKING | A welcome sign of advancing senility |
| JAPAN | Country with the second greatest number of McDonald's restaurants after the U.S. [2,900+] |
| ONAPLATTER | Love a little sleep, and with the second of the two, succeeds without any effort (2,1,7) |
| FORE | Links warning, and a prefix with the second word of the answers to starred clues |
| ORINOCO | River with the second-largest discharge volume in the New World, after the Amazon |
