| SEQUOIA | Tranquil national park with some of the oldest and tallest trees in the world |
| REDWOOD | Subfamily of the largest and tallest trees in the world (7) |
| PORN | Larry came away from the lorry park with some meat (4) |
| PORK | Larry came away from the lorry park with some meat (4) |
| FIR | The tallest tree in Ireland is a 200ft Douglas ___ located on the Powerscourt Estate. (3) |
| METHUSELAH | A bristlecone pine in California's White Mountains is the oldest known non-cloned tree in the world, at over 4,850 years; it is known by this apt name |
| 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) |
| CHESS | One of the oldest and most popular board games, developed around the 6th century CE |
| LAMED | Twelfth and tallest letter of the Hebrew alphabet, traditionally representing a shepherd's staff (5) |
| REDWOODS | World's tallest trees |
| GIRAFFE | Large African mammal and tallest living animal (7) |
| BAROSSAVALLEY | In which wine region is the Turkey Flat vineyard, with some of the oldest Shiraz vines in the world? (7,6) |
| RSPCA | One of the UK's largest charities, what is the oldest and largest animal welfare organisation in the world? (1,1,1,1,1) |
| MANHATTAN | The oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City |
| NESTOR | The oldest and wisest of the Greeks in the Trojan War |
| COLONSTREET | The oldest and the shortest national road in the Philippines |
| COLON | The oldest and the shortest national road in the Philippines |
| STREET | The oldest and the shortest national road in the Philippines |
| ALBA | Group of some of the oldest garden roses, flowering once yearly in early summer, with scented blossoms of white or pale pink (4) |