| 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) |
| FIR | The tallest tree in Ireland is a 61m Douglas ___. (3) |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| RSPCA | Abbreviation for the oldest and largest animal welfare organisation in the world |
| ALBA | Group of some of the oldest garden roses, flowering once yearly in early summer, with scented blossoms of white or pale pink (4) |
| SHIHTZU | The oldest and smallest of the Tibetan holy dogs, also known as a Tibetan Temple Dog (4,3) |
| EASTER | Which is the oldest and most important festival in the Christian calendar? (6) |
| FEAR | "The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind," per H. P. Lovecraft |
| STOHRER | La Maison ___, the oldest and most renowned pastry shop in Paris, on Rue Montorgueil |
| STENCH | The smell of some of the oldest enchiladas (6) |
| LOMOND | Largest of the Scottish lochs, forming a National Park with the Trossachs since 2002 (6) |
