Crossword puzzle clue "grandma who lived as long as bernice gordon but wrote fewer crosswords"

Grandma who lived as long as Bernice Gordon (but wrote fewer crosswords)

Long long long long long long long time

Like fewer and fewer children, as from diseases like whooping cough (grrrr...)

How fewer and fewer albums are released

COUNTRY WITH FEWER MEDALS THAN RUSSIA AT SOCHI, ALSO FEWER REAL MEN

Classic Mardi Gras song that begins "My grandma and your grandma were / Sitting by the fire"

Size that's usually perfect for printing crosswords, but often not for mine because I tend to write really long clues and you might need more space, for short

"Sesame Street" character with a pet pigeon named Bernice