| 100% | OILER | 5 | Gretzky, for many years |
| 78% | LONGRUNNING | 11 | Continuing for many years |
| 78% | LONGTERM | 8 | Lasting for many years |
| 72% | LONGGONE | 8 | Not here for many years |
| 72% | OLD | 3 | Having lived for many years |
| 72% | QUINTET | 7 | The Stones, for many years |
| 72% | TVHOST | 6 | Jay Leno, for many years |
| 71% | AMI | 3 | Camus, to Sartre, for many years |
| 71% | LIFESAVINGS | 11 | Money put by for many years |
| 71% | PHILBIN | 7 | Host of "Live" for many years |
| 67% | STEVEJOBS | 9 | Co-founder and CEO of Apple for many years |
| 67% | GOLDFISH | 8 | Small aquatic pet that can live for many years |
| 67% | OILER | 5 | Gretzky, for most of the 1980s |
| 66% | OILER | 5 | Gretzky, for most of the nineteen-eighties |
| 65% | LONGTERM | 8 | Lasting for many months or years |
| 65% | MARTINANDLEWIS | 14 | Comedy duo who were famously estranged for many years: 3 wds. |
| 64% | ASCOT | 5 | Race site for more than 300 years |
| 64% | SNL | 3 | NBC staple for more than 40 years |
| 64% | JAZZERCISE | 10 | Fitness portmanteau for more than fifty years |
| 64% | MAO | 3 | Chinese chairman for more than 30 years |
| 63% | PHD | 3 | Result of many years of study, for short |
| 62% | MINNIEPEARL | 11 | Grand Ole Opry comedian for more than 50 years |
| 62% | KYOTO | 5 | Capital of Japan for more than a thousand years |
| 61% | BCE | 3 | More than 2,000 years ago, for short |
| 60% | DIANNE | 6 | Feinstein who served in the Senate for more than thirty years |
| 60% | BOBBYSHORT | 10 | Café Carlyle’s feature performer for more than thirty-five years |
| 60% | BONSAI | 6 | Miniature tree that can live for more than 1,000 years |
| 59% | AWKWARDSTAGE | 12 | Teen years, for many |
| 59% | TEENS | 5 | Awkward years, for many |
| 59% | KYOTO | 5 | Residence of the Japanese imperial family for more than 1,000 years |