| ROAD | Aintree thoroughfare crossed by the Grand National course at two points (7,4) |
| MELLING | Aintree thoroughfare crossed by the Grand National course at two points (7,4) |
| CHAIR | The ---, 15th fence on the Grand National course at Aintree (5) |
| FOINAVON | Fence on the Grand National course at Aintree named after the race's 1967 100-1 winner (8) |
| THECHAIR | Tallest fence on the Grand National course at Aintree (3,5) |
| HORSDOEUVRES | Devour nuts, entertained by those running the Grand National courses |
| CANAL | Fences eight and twenty-four on Aintree's Grand National course (5,4) |
| TURN | Fences eight and twenty-four on Aintree's Grand National course (5,4) |
| MOHAVE | County that's split in two by the Grand Canyon |
| AINTREE | Trainee goes round Grand National course |
| GARRISONKEILLOR | Variety show host inspired by the Grand Ole Opry |
| GRINNED | Was pleased by the grand opening and dinner out (7) |
| RIALTO | Mercantile district of Venice connected to San Marco by the Grand Canal's oldest bridge (1591) (6) |
| SLIEVERUSSELL | I suss leveller is played out at PGA National course in Ireland (6,7) |
| NEWMEXICO | A state of the south-western US, crossed by the Rio Grande and the Pecos River (3,6) |
| SAVOIE | A mountainous department in the French Alps, crossed by the Isere river (6) |
| NORMA | Constellation on the Southern hemisphere crossed by the Milky Way (5) |
| GENEVA | Swiss city crossed by the Rhone; site of the International Red Cross HQ (6) |
| RIBBLE | River crossed by the West Coast Main Line at Preston (6) |
| NENE | River crossed by the East Coast Main Line at Peterborough (4) |
