Crossword Puzzle Comparatively recent

Clue: Comparatively recent

Comparatively arid (DRIER with 5 letters)
Least recent (OLDEST with 6 letters)
It recalls recent things (SHORTERMEMORY with 13 letters)
Recently employed worker (NEWHIRE with 7 letters)
Comparatively quick (e.g. APTER with 5 letters)
Recent, in Rostock (NEU with 3 letters)
Fairly recent (NEWISH with 6 letters)
Legislation recently re-introduced by Edward Kennedy and Carolyn Maloney: Abbr. (ERA with 3 letters)
The Big Unit, 'til recently (YANK with 4 letters)
Comparatively isolated (LONELIER with 8 letters)