Votes In Favour Of The Old Quarters (5)

[sharkmyster]

Clue from a book of The Times Crossword.

The answer is YESES

But I'm having trouble parsing. the old = Ye

I have no idea why ses = quarters.

[JJ109]

South quarter East quarter South quarter

[Lie-in King]

s(outh) e(ast) s(outh) = compass quarters

[dannyk13]

Ye(old the) + ses (Compass quarters)

[pixie374]

South East South, quarters on a compass

[aelmpvw]

ye is an archaic word for the
south east south?

[pixie374]

The ye bit is just old for "the"