| CINQUE | And 20. Hastings. Sandwich, Dover, New Romney and Hythe (6,5) |
| PORTS | Hastings. Sandwich, Dover, New Romney and Hythe (6.5) |
| DYMCHURCH | Kent town with Romney and Hythe giving name to narrow gauge light railway (8) |
| CINQUEPORTS | Sandwich, Dover, Rye etc (6,5) |
| HASTINGS | One of the medieval Cinque Ports with Sandwich, Dover and others (8) |
| PORT | Town with a harbour such as any of the original five. or "cinque" medieval examples - Dover, Hastings, Hythe, Romney and Sandwich (4) |
| HYTHE | Central port of the original Cinque Ports, between Hastings and New Romney to the west and Dover and Sandwich to the east |
| EXPORTS | Foreign currency earners from Sandwich and New Romney? |
| RAILWAY | Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch, for example (7) |
| MBAS | Degs. held by Romney and Bush |
| MBA | Univ. degree for Romney and Bloomberg |
| UTAHNS | Mitt Romney and Robert Redford, for two |
| CEOS | Mitt Romney and others, once |
| JDS | Romney and Obama, professionally |
| ANNS | Romney and Richards |
| MITTS | Romney and others |
| HEIST | Robbery in Hythe is traumatic (5) |
| HEN | Female salmon in Hythe, now! (3) |
| THERE | In that place ... in Hythe, really (5) |
| KENTISHRAG | Form of limestone visible in cliffs at the Cinque Port Hythe |