| GLOS | Abbreviated name of a county that is home to Highgrove (4) |
| PEMBO | Abbreviated name of a county that gave its name to a breed of Corgi, where Tenby and Marloes form part of one of the three Welsh national parks (5) |
| DRY | Like a county that prohibits the sale of alcohol |
| WILTS | A county that shortly loses its freshness (5) |
| INYO | County that is home to Death Valley and has Mount Whitney on its western border |
| HULL | Abbreviated name of a city in East Yorkshire where Philip Larkin lived; or, the calyx of a strawberry or raspberry (4) |
| RSPB | Abbreviated name of a conservation charity with an emblem of an avocet (4) |
| RNLI | Rescuing an average of 22 people per day, the abbreviated name of a charity that saves lives at sea (1,1,1,1) |
| YMCA | The abbreviated name of a welfare movement that inspired a Village People anthem (1,1,1,1) |
| YORKS | Abbreviated name of a county with a white rose emblem, site at Tan Hill of the highest inn in the Br |
| HERTS | Abbreviated name of a county in which Knebworth House is situated (5) |
| AMPS | Abbreviated name of base SI units of electric current named after a French physicist (4) |
| KIME | Interior decorator and fabric designer who redecorated Clarence House and Highgrove for the Prince of Wales (4) |
| SEPT | Abbreviated name of the month in which Goodwood Revival is held (4) |
| OXON | Abbreviated name of the county in which Bicester and Didcot are located (4) |
| SEAT | Hub of a county |
| NASA | Abbreviated name of the agency that implemented the Apollo missions that landed men on the Moon (1,1,1,1) |
| XMAS | The Greek letter Chi is used as a symbol in this abbreviated name of the Christian festive season |
| LNER | Abbreviated name of the second largest of the 'Big Four' railway companies created by the Railways Act of 1921 in Britain |
| SASK | Abbreviated name of the Canadian province with the capital Regina (4) |
