| BUCKLAND | Where deer might have roamed according to an old English geologist (8) |
| DROMEDARY | One may have roamed around in arid environment |
| ADAMSEDGWICK | 19th-century English geologist who proposed and named the Cambrian period, part of the Palaeozoic era (4,8) |
| IGUANODON | Dinosaur named in 1825 by the English geologist Gideon Mantell (9) |
| PLAYGOLF | Ruin a good walk, according to an old quote |
| DOWNWIND | Where deer stalker wants to be (8) |
| REDEEMER | How a mere deer might become a saviour (8) |
| ABSENCE | makes the heart grow fonder according to an old English proverb (7) |
| NINE | Number of lives of a cat, according to an old English proverb or myth (4) |
| CATS | Animals with nine lives, according to an Old English proverb (4) |
| EFHUTTON | Broker to whom "people listen," according to an ad campaign |
| DIAMONDS | From an Old English word for "untameable, invincible", precious stones sometimes brought to Earth's surface during rare volcanic eruptions of kimberlite magma; or, rhombi (8) |
| ECLECTIC | Diverse city, large, frenzied according to an Eastender |
| REREMICE | An Old English term for bats (8) |
| TWICE | According to an old saying, the number of times you need to measure if you intend to cut only once (5) |
| ROOT | What to do for the home team according to an old baseball song |
| GAIN | An acquisition, advantage or win, supposedly achieved through pain, according to an old exercise slogan (4) |
| HOTCROSSBUNS | Spiced fruit baked treats traditionally served at Easter that, according to an old rhyme, should be given to sons in the absence of daughters (3,5,4) |
| TREACLE | A by-product of sugar refining; according to an old music-hall joke, it was mined in Lancashire, notably in Sabden, where the story was encouraged by fictitious reports in local newspapers in the 1930 |
| ARK | According to an old bible story, it's the type of ship Noah built to give animals a lift |
