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The Clue

Of interest to archaeologists (7 letter answer)

The Answer

ANCIENT

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Notes

The answer ANCIENT is rarely seen, appearing only about once every 1100 puzzles.

Related Clues

Antediluvian
Long gone
As old as the hills
Time-honored
Like Coleridge's mariner
Like S.T.C.'s Mariner
Like Tyre or Nineveh
Like the Dead Sea Scrolls
Person of olden times
Socrates or Pythagoras, e.g.

Definition

ANCIENT as a noun:

1. (ancient, antediluvian) = a very old person
2. a person who lived in ancient times

ANCIENT as an adjective:

1. belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire; "ancient history"; "ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumerians"; "ancient Greece"
2. very old; "an ancient mariner"