| BODLEIAN | Main research library of the University of Oxford, one of the oldest in Europe (8) |
| ARGOS | Greek city that's one of the oldest in Europe |
| KEITH | Small town in the Moray council area of Scotland with three distilleries, including Strathisla Distillery, one of the oldest in the Highlands |
| DAIMLER | Car manufacturer close to Oxford, one intending to import first of Ladas |
| GEORGEPEABODY | 19th-century research library in Baltimore which was funded by the father of modern philanthropy: 2 wds. |
| NIJMEGEN | City in Gelderland, The Netherlands considered the oldest in the country (8) |
| KERKRADE | City in the Netherlands on the German border which is one of the oldest coal-mining centres in Europe (8) |
| AQUARIUS | One of the oldest constellations and the 11th sign of the Zodiac (8) |
| ILKESTON | Derbyshire town on the River Erewash whose Charter fair is one of the oldest and largest street fairs in Europe (8) |
| SYMMETRY | One of the oldest principles in architecture, reflection of shared forms, shapes or angles across an axis (8) |
| ORIEL | One of the colleges of the University of Oxford; or, a type of bay window (5) |
| EASTSIDE | Downtown ___ (one of the oldest neighbourhoods in Vancouver) |
| DINOSAUR | One of the oldest animals around is evolving (8) |
| CHESHIRE | One of the oldest English cheeses (8) |
| KEBLE | One of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford, named after a Tractarian (5) |
| TRINITY | One of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford (7) |
| BALLIOL | One of the colleges of the University of Oxford, founded 1263 (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) |
| ASHMOLEAN | Name of the University of Oxford's museum of art and archaeology (9) |
| HEIDELBERG | City in Baden-Wurttemberg on the River Neckar whose university is the oldest in Germany |
