| MARKETTOWN | Bookmaker originally went to Ludlow or Taunton, perhaps |
| HEADLINES | Titles or captions of news articles, traditionally printed by means of Ludlow; or, top-billed attractions (9) |
| THELADS | "____ in their hundreds to Ludlow come in for the fair" (AE Housman) |
| AORTA | Bloodline traced to Cumbria (or Taunton) (5) |
| ABBA | Group that originally went by the name Festfolk |
| ORCHID | Flower of alternative comedy originally went underground (6) |
| TOPSPEED | Tricycle of pioneer Sinclair originally went 15mph doing this |
| STOKESAY | Hamlet in Shropshire, home to a fortified manor house built in the 12805 by Laurence of Ludlow (8) |
| REES | Astronomer Royal, astrophysicist and cosmologist, Lord Ludlow, who was one of the first to propose that quasars derive their energy from black holes accreting matter from gas and stars in surrounding |
| WAFER | Found in Ludlow, a fermented biscuit |
| DULL | Gloomy over central Ludlow somewhat (4) |
| CARACTACUS | Son of Cymbeline who was defeated by the Romans at Ludlow (10) |
| MYLADY | - - Ludlow ; novel by North and South author Elizabeth Gaskell (2,4) |
| TEME | River flowing through Knighton (Wales) and Ludlow (4) |
| ASTRONOMERROYAL | Scientific post presently held by Lord Rees of Ludlow |
| SHROPSHIRE | Historic English county whose towns include Ludlow and Telford (10) |
| CLEEHILLS | Upland area in Shropshire AONB, near Ludlow (4, 5) |
| PLAISH | WR 'Hall' 4954 named after building near Ludlow (6) |
| GASKELL | Victorian authoress who wrote Cranford, My Lady Ludlow, Sylvia's Lovers, Cousin Phyllis, Wives and D |
| JCREW | Retailer that has The Ludlow Shop and The Liquor Store divisions: 2 wds. |
