| AULDEST | A part of Cumbernauld, estimated to be the oldest in Scotland (7) |
| STANDREWS | Town on the east coast of Fife whose university, the oldest in Scotland, was attended by the Prince and Princess of Wales (2,7) |
| SWINGER | Spurs' top player could be the oldest in town? (7) |
| RIPON | City said to be the oldest in Britain (5) |
| AIRDRIE | Town south of Cumbernauld (7) |
| COMPACTDISC | Source of digital data found shortly in outskirts of Cumbernauld? (7,4) |
| AULD | Ancient Scots at the far side of Cumbernauld (4) |
| DENMARK | European country whose flag, a white cross on a red background, is the oldest in the world (7) |
| GRANADA | City in SW Nicaragua that is the oldest in the country (7) |
| JERICHO | West Bank city that is one of the oldest in the world (7) |
| UPPSALA | Swedish city whose university is the oldest in the Nordic region (7) |
| HARVARD | Ivy League university that is the oldest in the USA, _ University (7) |
| NEWTOWN | Development such as Poundbury in Dorchester, Telford in Shropshire or Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire (3,4) |
| DESTINY | Oldest in years, yet full of what's to come |
| LEAD | Very malleable, ductile, and dense metal that is a poor conductor of electricity. Known in antiquity and believed by the alchemists to be the oldest of metals. Highly durable and resistant to corrosio |
| ARCHAEOPTERYX | The genus of feathered dinosaur that was once thought to be the oldest known fossil bird. Fossils are known from specimens found in the Solnhofen Limestone Formation in Bavaria, Germany, starting in 1 |
| TENSEST | Tungsten's estimated to keep most rigid (7) |
| EMITTED | Wrongly estimated to have given up as given out (7) |
| KEITH | Small town in the Moray council area of Scotland with three distilleries, including Strathisla Distillery, one of the oldest in the Highlands |
| SAMMARINO | Country claimed to be the oldest surviving sovereign state and oldest constitutional republic in the world, founded in 301 AD (3,6) |
