| SOURDOUGH | Oldest form of leavened bread, dating back to ancient Egypt (9) |
| DISCUSTHROW | Olympic event dating back to ancient Greece |
| NAAN | A type of leavened flatbread (4) |
| NUBIAN | A member of the Nile Valley civilisation known to ancient Egypt as Kush (6) |
| SPHINX | Nico heads to ancient Egypt with The ------? (6) |
| LINKS | Oldest form of golf course, often one built on sand dunes |
| ELECTION | A papal conclave is possibly the oldest form of ____ still used |
| RAINFOREST | Earth's oldest form of ecosystem |
| NEOCLASSICISM | Artistic movement harking back to ancient Rome and Greece |
| ODE | Glorifying poem that dates back to ancient Greece |
| PICKERING | Terminus of the NYMR, history dating back to 1836 (9) |
| NAANBREAD | In Indian cookery, a slightly leavened bread in a large, flat, leaf shape (4,5) |
| PIEDPIPER | The _ _ Of Hamelin, German legend dating back to the Middle Ages (4,5) |
| SUTTONHOO | Site in Suffolk of a Saxon ship-burial dating back to the 7th century (6,3) |
| IKAT | One of the oldest forms of textile decoration (4) |
| RAZZ | One of the oldest forms of poker, played since the early 1900s (4) |
| FURCOAT | One of the oldest forms of dress |
| PITA | Take seeds out of a type of slightly leavened bread (4) |
| CHALLAH | Loaf of white leavened bread baked to celebrate the sabbath (7) |
| PITTA | Partially-leavened bread of the Near East (5) |
