| RSPCA | Abbreviation for the oldest and largest animal welfare organisation in the world |
| ROTARY | The oldest service club organisation in the world, it was first set up in Chicago in 1905 |
| WINDSOR | Berkshire town, site of the oldest and largest inhabited castle in the worldA (7) |
| ILKESTON | Derbyshire town on the River Erewash whose Charter fair is one of the oldest and largest street fairs in Europe (8) |
| SEQUOIA | Tranquil national park with some of the oldest and tallest trees in the world |
| NESTOR | The oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War |
| EASTER | Which is the oldest and most important festival in the Christian calendar? (6) |
| MANHATTAN | The oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City |
| PETA | Animal welfare organisation (abbr) (4) |
| PEABODY | One of London's oldest and largest housing associations, named after the London-based American banker who founded it in 1862 (7) |
| NSDL | India's oldest and largest depository filing for an IPO with a pure offer for sale of up to 5.01 crore shares.(abbvr.) (4) |
| FUERTEVENTURA | Oldest and largest of the Canary Islands (13) |
| STOHRER | La Maison ___, the oldest and most renowned pastry shop in Paris, on Rue Montorgueil |
| CHESS | One of the oldest and most popular board games, developed around the 6th century CE |
| LIME | On which street is Liverpool's oldest and largest railway station? (4) |
| SMYTH | Irishman who in 2001 broke the record for the oldest winner on European Tour (5) |
| UTES | They play for the oldest school in the Pac-12 |
| SHIHTZU | The oldest and smallest of the Tibetan holy dogs, also known as a Tibetan Temple Dog (4,3) |
| SUNSET | Organisation in the ship gets the Maori back at the end of the day (6) |
| FEAR | "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind," per H. P. Lovecraft |
