| BRAINTREE | Town in Essex north of Chelmsford (9) |
| CHIGNON | Well in Essex (North) and on a roll (7) |
| RAYLEIGH | Market-town in Essex around 13 miles south of Chelmsford (8) |
| CEASED | Stopped to relax in the outskirts of Chelmsford (6) |
| ORDAIN | Invest in merger of Chelmsford and Aintree? |
| BASILDON | Town south of Chelmsford (8) |
| NAZE | Small town in Essex on the North Sea coast, north of Clacton and south of Harwich (6-2-3-4) |
| WALTONONTHE | Small town in Essex on the North Sea coast, north of Clacton and south of Harwich (6-2-3-4) |
| GRAYSELEGY | It was written in a churchyard in town in Essex before, say, in city in Cambridgeshire (5,5) |
| WALTON | and 51/55dn, Small town in Essex on the North Sea coast, north of Clacton and south of Harwich |
| ONTHE | see 50dn, Small town in Essex on the North Sea coast, north of Clacton and south of Harwich |
| WALTONONTHENAZE | Small town in Essex on the North Sea coast, north of Clacton and south of Harwich |
| TILBURY | Port town in Essex in which Queen Elizabeth I addressed her troops in 1588, giving a famous speech (7) |
| NINE | Square in town in Essex (4) |
| GRAZE | Eat grass in town in Essex, say |
| BASIL | Name of male lecturer leaving new town in Essex |
| HARLOW | Town in Essex, or surname of 19308 US actress Jean (6) |
| GRAYS | Town in Essex that is the birthplace of comedian Joe Pasquale (5) |
| HARWICH | Town in Essex on the estuaries of the Rivers Orwell and Stour (7) |
| EPPING | Market town in Essex that is the birthplace of TV presenter Ben Shephard (6) |
