| EBLA | ___ tablets (trove of more than fourteen thousand cuneiform pieces dating to the third millennium B.C.) |
| NINE | One more than fourteen across |
| DAMASCUS | World's oldest capital city, settled in the third millennium B.C. |
| ATBATS | Fourteen thousand and fifty-three, for Pete Rose |
| MIR | The name of the Soviet/Russian modular space station that served as a versatile space laboratory for more than 14 years, starting in 1986, before ground controllers forced it down into the Pacific Oce |
| EATS | "Good ___" (Alton Brown show that ran for more than 14 seasons) |
| THUNDERSTONE | Eg fossil, ultimately not worth less than fourteen pounds |
| OODLES | Much more than 14 Down |
| HITTITE | Member of a group of people who inhabited Anatolia and N. Syria from the 3rd millennium to the 1st millennium B.C. (7) |
| OLDKINGDOM | Third millennium B. C. period in Egypt |
| MMI | Start of the third millennium, in Roman numerals |
| IONIAN | Pertaining to settlers of certain Aegean islands in the 2d millennium B.C. |
| NUTS | Children's singing game dating to the 19th Century, ___ in May (4) |
| LUR | Large bronze musical horn found in Danish peat bogs dating to the Bronze Age (3) |
| TREASURE | From Greek for "storehouse" and the source of "thesaurus", a word for a hoard, store or trove of bullion, coins, gems or other valuables; wealth/riches generally; or, a gem of a person (8) |
| MMMI | Start of the 3rd millennium |
| SCHOONER | *Sailboat dating to the 17th century |
| ETONCOLLAR | School uniform part dating to the 1800s |
| FLUTE | Instrument dating to the Paleolithic age |
| ZHOU | Dynasty that ruled ancient China for much of the first millennium B.C. |
