| ROSEBERRY | & 7 down Beg Repton Priory's ruins to form this distinctive hill in the North Yorks Moors (9,7) |
| TOPPING | Beg Repton Priory's ruins to form this distinctive hill in the North Yorks Moors (9,7) |
| RIEVAULXABBEY | Former monastery in North Yorks Moors National Park |
| ENTERTAINMENTS | Diversions go into ruins to skirt labourers |
| THESTIPERSTONES | Distinctive hill of quartzite rock, the second highest in Shropshire (3,12) |
| DALBY | Forest on N. Yorks moors ... badly damaged (5) |
| LANGDALE | Forest in the North York Moors east of Saltergate (8) |
| EGTON | ___ Bridge, picturesque village on the North York Moors near Grosmont (5) |
| AUTO | _ Union, Audi, DKW, Horch and the car division of Wanderer all merged in 1932 to form this group (4) |
| TABULAR | Name of flat-topped hills on southern edge of North York Moors - a brutal formation (7) |
| INDIGO | 1905 Nobel winner Adolf von Baeyer derived the molecular structure of this distinctive blue dye extracted from a plant of the same name, which is used in textiles and printing |
| LANSING | Neighbourhood in the North York district of Toronto |
| BARCLAYS | In 1896, Gurney & Co, Norwich, were one of 20 private banking firms that joined together to form this well-known bank (8) |
| ROUND | ___ Hill, North York Moors highest point (5) |
| GOLD | A dense lustrous yellow precious metal durable to the point of virtual indestructibility, highly malleable, and usually found in nature in a comparatively pure form. This mineral is also a chemical el |
| ONEND | Upright, and what's been removed to form this puzzle's theme answers |
| TANZANIA | Two historical eastern African states merged in 1964 to form this country. |
| TAGS | Some graffiti signatures (which were used to form this puzzle's four longest answers) |
| NATO | Eight Western countries agreed to form this new peace alliance on March 18, 1949 |
| ESHTON | Stately home in North Yorks giving name to WR 'Hall' 6942(6) |
