| LANCASTER | City in North West England on the River Lune (9) |
| TWEEDLE | Play casually on the river Lune's banks (7) |
| LIVERPOOL | A city in North West England, on the Mersey estuary (9) |
| CHESTER | City in north-west England on the River Dee (7) |
| WORCESTER | Cathedral city in west central England, on the River Severn (9) |
| ELLESMERE | ___ Port, town on the edge of the Wirral in north-west England |
| CAMBRIDGE | City in England on the River Cam (9) |
| LEICESTER | City in central England on the River Soar (9) |
| OLDENBURG | A city in north-west Germany on the Rivers Hunte and Haaren (9) |
| BRISTOL | Port and industrial city in south-west England, on the River Avon (7) |
| DROITWICH | --- Spa, town in Worcestershire, England, on the River Salwarpe (9) |
| UNRELAXED | River Lune produce gets cut (past tense) (9) |
| ARCHANGEL | Port city in north-west Russia (pop about 350,000), on the White Sea (9) |
| BATH | A city in South West England on the River Avon, famous for its hot springs (4) |
| OSNABRUCK | Industrial city in north-west Germany (9) |
| LANCASHIRE | A county of North West England, on the Irish Sea (10) |
| SAINTMALO | Walled port city in north-west France (5-4) |
| WIRRAL | Merseyside borough in north-west England on a peninsula that includes Birkenhead and Wallasey (6) |
| DORSET | A county in South West England on the English Channel (6) |
| PRESTON | City in north-west England (pop 114,000). It obtained city status in 2002. (7) |
