| OUD | Middle Eastern lute that may date from as far back as 3000BC |
| FUTILE | It's ineffective if playing the lute that way (6) |
| ANTIPODEAN | Pointed out article after article from as far away as possible |
| HEART | Pluck from as far in as you can go (5) |
| SITAR | Eastern lute |
| BABYLON | Famous chief city of ancient Mesopotamia, first settled around 3000BC (7) |
| AFGHAN | What breed of hound with thick, long, silky hair was known in Egypt before 3000BC? (6) |
| THEYEARDOT | People referred to date, or perhaps as far back as can be remembered (3,4,3) |
| HINDERMOST | Hold back the majority as far back as possible (10) |
| OLDFELLOW | Methuselah got a job in a college as far back as anyone can remember (3,6) |
| ARABIAN | This type of horse is among the most famous and dates as far back as the 7th century CE |
| REYNARD | What name for a fox can be found in tales as far back as the 12th Century? (7) |
| LIVINGMEMORY | As far back as anybody can recall |
| STERNMOST | As far back on board as possible (9) |
| DEEPSET | Far back, as eyes might be (4-3) |
| IDES | That is no time for date from the past (4) |
| MEDINA | The Muslim calendar dates from 622, that is, the year that Muhammad and his followers arrived at this city (modern name) on their flight from Mecca (6) |
| AMAZEBALLS | Word for "outstanding" thought to date from around 2003 but popularised by Perez Hilton in 2009 |
| VIREO | Right to take out the date from a news clip showing an American bird (5) |
| MERRYGENTLEMEN | God Rest You ____, ____ traditional Christmas carol thought to date from the 1650s (5,9) |
