| GREATYARMOUTH | Big place on Isle of Wight or in Norfolk (5,8) |
| RAMSEY | MacDonald coming from place on Isle of Man, say (6) |
| ISLE | Of Wight or Dogs? (4) |
| ENLARGE | My gran, who has a large place on the outskirts of Exbourne, is having building work done to make it even bigger (7) |
| ALTARNUN | My aunt, a leading novelist, has a large place on the riverside, about 1.5 miles from Laneast (8) |
| CANFORDCLIFFS | At the beginning of February, my son, a head chef who has a large place in Cardiff, moved to an affluent suburb of Poole (7,6) |
| HOOKE | Robert -; polymath born on Isle of Wight who formulated the law of elasticity (5) |
| OSBORNE | Former chancellor's name for house on Isle of Wight (7) |
| INVENTOR | Marconi for example on Isle of Wight holiday, forgetting a name |
| YARMOUTH | Resort on Isle of Wight (8) |
| COWES | Seaport on Isle of Wight (5) |
| CAPECANAVERAL | Head may maintain a large place to fire 13 (4,9) |
| VENTNOR | Resort on Isle of Wight's south coast (7) |
| IDIOM | Turn of phrase in papers on Isle of Man |
| ELGOL | Village on shores of Loch Scavaig on Isle of Skye (5) |
| TOBERMORY | To live with empty room or last of whisky on Isle of Mull (9) |
| VERA | In truth she is head of a big place |
| OPACITY | Inability to be seen through or work on a big place (7) |
| SHEERNESS | Verticality (of, eg, a cliff); town on Isle of Sheppey |
| TARBERT | Ferry-port on Isle of Harris - in Gibraltar, Bertie! (7) |
