| LUTONHOO | Bedfordshire mansion designed by Robert Adam for the 3rd Earl of Bute (5,3) |
| BURGHLEY | - House; Tudor mansion designed by William Cecil, Lord High Treasurer to Elizabeth I (8) |
| LUTON | Town in Bedfordshire near the former seat of prime minister John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute (5) |
| CLIMBERS | Those going up the social ladder driven up the wall by Adam, for one? (8) |
| HAREWOOD | Village in West Yorkshire, site of a house designed by John Carr for Edwin Lascelles that is renowned for its Robert Adam interiors and Thomas Chippendale furniture (8) |
| HARDWICK | - Hall; Elizabethan house in Derbyshire designed by Robert Smythson for the Countess of Shrewsbury known as Bess (8) |
| THOMSON | Commemorated in Poets' Corner with a memorial designed by Robert Adam, a Scottish bard and dramatist whose The Seasons inspired works by the likes of Clare, Gainsborough, Haydn, Reynolds and Turner (7 |
| ROTHESAY | Town on the east coast of the island of Bute, Scotland |
| KEDLESTON | - Hall; house in Derbyshire designed by Robert Adam that was used as a location for The Duchess with Keira Knightley (9) |
| SYON | - House; London home of the Duke of Northumberland with interiors by Robert Adam, used as a location for Love in a Cold Climate, Gosford Park and The Wings of the Dove (4) |
| SALTRAMHOUSE | Stately home near Plympton, Devon, with a saloon designed by Robert Adam (7,5) |
| TOBESURE | A variety of Bute rose, I admit (2,2,4) |
| SALUTARY | What's earned around centre of Bute is beneficial (8) |
| SYONHOUSE | Built in the sixteenth century and with interiors redesigned by Robert Adam in 1762, the London home of the Duke of Northumberland (4,5) |
| NEWBYHALL | Designed by Christopher Wren and later remodelled by Robert Adam, a country house in Yorkshire, home to a collection of Chippendale furniture in the Gobelins Tapestry Room (5,4) |
| WRIOTHESLEY | Henry _, 3rd Earl of Southampton, patron of William Shakespeare (11) |
| STOWE | Designed by architects including John Vanbrugh, James Gibbs, William Kent and Robert Adam, the historical country seat of the Dukes of Buckingham and Chandos (5) |
| CASTLE | Type of fort or stronghold whose architectural elements were adapted into designs by Robert Adam (6) |
| ADELPHI | The - was a development in London, England, by Robert Adam and his brothers between 1768-73 (7) |
| CANAL | Waterway such as the "Duke's Cut" built for the 3rd Duke of Bridgewater by James Brindley (5) |
