| YUGOSLAVIANS | Old Eastern Europeans broke up a few years ago and no longer living together (12) |
| APART | No longer living together |
| MANDAMUS | In Rome a few years ago we command fellow to go to Syrian capital without a lawyer (8) |
| RABBITS | Small burrowing animals, disease rendered them an endangered species in Mallorca a few years ago, but now some areas of the island are over-populated (7) |
| BLANKCHEQUES | Born with limp, Eastern European's heard these offer complete freedom? (5,7) |
| ICEAGES | The last of these began 2.6 million years ago and ended 11,700 years ago (approx) (3,4) |
| CRETACEOUS | The last of the three periods of the Mesozoic Era. It began 145.0 million years ago and ended 66 million years ago. |
| TROY | City in modern-day Turkey founded around 4500 years ago, and destroyed after a 10-year siege (4) |
| EXTRAEXTRAEXTRA | Newspaper lad's shout, years ago (and theme of this puzzle) |
| PERMIAN | The largest extinction in Earth's history took place during this time, which lasted from about 299 million to about 252 million years ago and set the stage for the emergence of the dinosaurs. |
| MONKSEAL | Marine mammal the Mediterranean variety of which disappeared from Mallorcan waters more than 60 years ago, and is one of the worlds 10 most endangered species (4,4) |
| HUDSON | Naturalist and ornithologist who wrote books including Green Mansions, Far Away and Long Ago and A Shepherd's Life (6) |
| STUCCO | "But you forget, sir, you only bought the property a year ago, and the ___ on your baronial castle is scarcely dry" (Pirates of Penzance) |
| EXPAT | Old Irishman no longer living in Ireland (5) |
| EXTINCT | No longer living, like dinosaurs and woolly mammoths |
| DEADSEA | No longer living on the main waters fed by the Jordan! (4,3) |
| IDOLATER | Broke up a riot led by worshipper of false gods (8) |
| AGO | "We broke up a month ___ . . ." (first line of Olivia Rodrigo's "Happier") |
| DEFUNCT | No longer living or in force (7) |
| ESTRANGED | Sadly, Dee Grant's no longer living with partner (9) |
