| CRABBE | A rector of Muston in the Vale of Belvoir as well as a surgeon, poet and coleopterist whose works such as The Village and The Borough were esteemed by Tennyson (6) |
| DEWAR | Scientist and violinist whose work in cryogenics enabled him to invent the vacuum flask that was later renamed and patented for commercial use by Thermos (5) |
| MELTONMOWBRAY | Leicestershire town, close to the Vale of Belvoir, famous for its pork pies (6,7) |
| BETELNUT | Fanatical coleopterist reported to be chewed up (5-3) |
| WYATT | Architect in the neo-Gothic style who designed Fonthill Abbey, the forth version of Belvoir Castle and remodelled parts of Windsor Castle (5) |
| BARRY | Seaside resort in the Vale of Glamorgan on the north coast of the Bristol Channel (5) |
| BUST | A sculpture representing the head and shoulders, such as any one of those by Joseph Nollekens adorning Belvoir Castle's Regent's Gallery (4) |
| SIMONFANSHAWE | Who was named as the new Rector of the University of Edinburgh? (5,8) |
| DENBIGH | Market town in the Vale of Clwyd, N Wales housing a ruined castle (7) |
| PENARTH | Seaside resort in the Vale of Glamorgan south of Cardiff |
| RYEDALE | Historic district of North Yorkshire in the Vale of Pickering (7) |
| LEAF | In the vale, a field with a bit of grass (4) |
| LEICS | County location (abbrev) of Belvoir Castle and gardens (5) |
| LETHE | In the Vale they find the stream of oblivion (5) |
| CURATE | Which member of the clergy is employed as an assistant to a rector or vicar (6) |
| OPERATES | works as a surgeon |
| OPERATOR | Work a long time on hill as a surgeon (8) |
| ARSON | It's a crime, depriving rector of power |
| JOHN | And 9dn Actor who was rector of St Andrews University (1970-1973) (4,6) |
| CALVES | Baby animals found in the vales in the 100s (6) |
