| ULTRAVOX | 26's band: very, very old and cross (8) |
| ADORE | Hold a band very dear |
| COMBO | Band very nearly abandons hairstyle (5) |
| OPPORTUNE | Band, very quiet otherwise, introducing piece of music at appropriate time (9) |
| PRIMEVAL | 21 absorbing old poem - very, very old (8) |
| VOICEBOX | Organ, very old and cooler |
| STONEAGE | Very old and wise person circling pitch (5-3) |
| STRESSED | Under pressure to serve up 26s (8) |
| OLIVEOIL | 26s hosts as it happens ideal, though superficial and emollient (5,3) |
| KOSOVO | Country widely recognised as stunner and very, very old (6) |
| LETTERBOX | Post-holder left, better trained but old and cross (9) |
| EQUINOX | Docked horse, old and cross, for biannual event (7) |
| OXIDATION | Old and cross, treating an idiot for loss of hydrogen (9) |
| UNORTHODOX | Point circled by cycling duo, old and cross |
| HONORARY | Unpaid, very old, and not cutting it (8) |
| VOLUMINOUS | Very old and very bright, taking lots of space (10) |
| VOICED | Sounded very old and very cold? (6) |
| ANCIENTHISTORY | It's very, very old |
| BALD | Like very, very old tires |
| ORB | Ball, to a very, very old king |
