| Later years, in former days | 27 |
| Former word for former days | 27 |
| Former times, poetically | 24 |
| Former times, in former times | 29 |
| Days long gone, to poets | 24 |
| Days gone by, in days gone by | 29 |
| Bygone time, in bygone time | 27 |
| Bygone days, in bygone days | 27 |
| Antiquity, to the Bard | 22 |
| Antiquity, in the past | 22 |
| "Ragtime" monogram | 28 |
| "Ragtime" auth. | 25 |
| Venerated tribe member | 22 |
| Senior church official | 22 |
| Influential member of a tribe | 29 |
| Adjective for some statesmen | 28 |
| Respected tribe member | 22 |
| Pliny the ___ (Roman scholar) | 29 |
| More seasoned, in a way | 23 |
| Council member, perhaps | 23 |
| Cain vis-Ã -vis Abel | 22 |
| Type of church officer | 22 |
| Tree with the most rings? | 25 |
| Someone with seniority | 22 |
| Respected village figure | 24 |
| Preceding generation member | 27 |
| One of Susanna's accusers | 29 |
| Often-consulted church figure | 29 |
| Member of the Sanhedrin | 23 |
| Like one's big brother | 26 |
| Like one who came out first | 27 |
| Like Esau vis-Ã -vis Jacob | 28 |
| Honeysuckle's relative | 26 |
| Follower of box or marsh | 24 |
| Flowering shrub or tree | 23 |
| Esau vis-Ã -vis Jacob | 23 |
| Berry for wine or jelly | 23 |
| Adjective for a statesman | 25 |
| Former Surgeon General | 22 |
| Tribal advisers, typically | 26 |
| Those who deserve respect | 25 |
| Respected church leaders | 24 |
| Pastors' assistants | 23 |
| Tribal council makeup, often | 28 |
| The Magi, for instance | 22 |
| Susanna's group of snoops | 29 |
| Respected community members | 27 |
| Presbyterian officials | 22 |
| Pillars of the community | 24 |
| Patriarchs and matriarchs | 25 |
| Influential tribe members | 25 |
| Experienced advice-givers | 25 |
| Primogeniture beneficiary | 25 |
| Most respected, perhaps | 23 |
| With the most life experience | 29 |
| Next in line, in a way | 22 |
| First in line, perhaps | 22 |
| Cain, among Adam's sons | 27 |
| Like one who arrives first? | 27 |
| Like many an heir apparent | 26 |
| Like a firstborn child | 22 |
| Inheritor under primogeniture | 29 |
| First-born of siblings | 22 |
| First in line to the throne | 27 |
| First among the children | 24 |
| Cain, of Adam's sons | 24 |
| Beneficiary via primogeniture | 29 |
| Benefactor of primogeniture | 27 |
| Bart, among the Simpson kids | 28 |
| "The March" writer | 28 |
| "The March" author | 28 |
| "Ragtime" author | 26 |
| "Loon Lake" author | 28 |
| Conquistador's quest | 24 |
| Legendary treasure city | 23 |
| Legendary city of gold | 22 |
| Conquistadors' quest | 24 |
| Site of fabulous wealth | 23 |
| Sir Walter Raleigh quest | 24 |
| Place of fabulous wealth | 24 |
| Paradise for plutocrats | 23 |
| Object of a onetime search | 26 |
| Lost Amazon city of gold | 24 |
| Legendary treasure site | 23 |
| Legendary S.A. land of riches | 29 |
| Legendary gold-laden land | 25 |
| Legendary goal of explorers | 27 |
| Discontinued Cadillac model | 27 |
| Conquistador's dream | 24 |
| City of fabulous wealth | 23 |
| Cadillac model until 2002 | 25 |
| Philosopher Zeno of ___ | 23 |
| Ancient town near Salerno | 25 |
| Parmenides's birthplace | 27 |
| Early philosophical hot spot | 28 |
| Ancient town in S Italy | 23 |
| Ancient home of Parmenides | 26 |
| Xenophanes taught there | 23 |
| Philosopher Zeno's town | 27 |
| Philosopher Zeno's home | 27 |