| WAPPING | Area in the London Boroug of Tower Hamlets which was home to Execution Dock, used until 1830 to hang pirates (7) |
| HANGED | Converted Conservative thrown out as Captain William Kidd was at Execution Dock (6) |
| ROSEBUD | Southern Alberta hamlet which Group of Seven artist A.Y. Jackson painted when in the area in 1944 |
| ADANAC | Saskatchewan hamlet which is our great country in reverse |
| STEPNEY | District to the east of the City of London, now part of the borough of Tower Hamlets (7) |
| CLIVEDEN | British mansion and estate which was home to Nancy Astor, and the scene of events in the 1960s Profumo Affair (8) |
| EASTEND | Traditional area of London, mainly in the borough of Tower Hamlets (4,3) |
| TARAWERA | Lake which was home to the Pink and White Terraces until an 1886 volcanic eruption (8) |
| PARNASSUS | Mount --, Greek mountain in the Pindus range which was home of Apollo and the Muses (9) |
| POPLAR | London metropolitan borough which became part of Tower Hamlets in 1965 |
| LISSADELL | House in Co Sligo which was home to the GoreBooth family. (9) |
| HAWORTH | Village in West Yorkshire, England which was home to the Bronte sisters (7) |
| CRETE | Island which was home to Europe's first advanced civilisation, the Minoans, almost 5000 years ago (5) |
| GAILLARDCUT | The name used until 2000 for the south east section of the Panama Canal running through Culebra Mountain (8,3) |
| FISHERMAN | Ring of the ___, signet used until 1842 to seal official documents signed by the Pope (9) |
| BETHNALGREEN | Part of Tower Hamlets in London (7,5) |
| MILEEND | District of Tower Hamlets in London (4,3) |
| PERU | South American country which was home to the Inca (4) |
| IRAQ | Modern country which was home to the Akkadian, Sumerian and Assyrian empires (4) |
| CROUCHEND | Area in the London Borough of Haringey that shares its name with a 1980 Stephen King short story |
