| HARTLEPOOL | Coastal town in Co Durham (10) |
| DARLINGTON | Market town in Co Durham, on the River Skerne (10) |
| RABY | From Old Norse for "boundary settlement", a 120-room medieval castle in Co Durham, built for the Neville dynasty in the 14th century (4) |
| NOMINEE | Candidate from old pit in Co Durham, perhaps |
| BEAMISH | Three trout lakes in Co. Durham (*I bash 'em!) (7) |
| BARNARDCASTLE | Christiaan and Roy in Co. Durham (7,6) |
| ESTATE | Large shooting acreage in Co Durham: say a better sort? (4,6) |
| PORTISHEAD | Coastal town in N Somerset west of Avonmouth (10) |
| PORTHMADOG | Coastal town in Gwynedd (10) |
| WHITEHAVEN | Coastal town in Cumbria south of Workington (10) |
| KINSALE | Port and fishing town in Co. Cork - *in lakes, oddly (7) |
| ANSTRUTHER | Coastal town in the East Neuk of Fife near St Andrews (10) |
| KILLARNEY | Town in Co. Kerry, Ireland (9) |
| MOATE | Town in Co Westmeath with Quaker origins. (5) |
| LISDOONVARNA | Town in Co. Clare famed for its seaweed baths and for its music festival (12) |
| CINQUEPORT | One of an association of coastal towns in southeast England which formerly provided ships for the king's service (6,4) |
| COHABITANT | Consort making name in Co-Conran creation (10) |
| RECIPROCAL | Mutually beneficient, as in co-operation between animals (10) |
| SALESFORCE | Money-minded team in Co., fearless going out (5,5) |
| CONSETT | Town in north-west Co. Durham south-west of Newcastle upon Tyne (7) |
