| ASHOP | Derbyshire tributary of the Derwent - in ESAs, hopefully (5) |
| CHATSWORTH | House and estate on the Derwent in Derbyshire, where parts of the 2005 film of Pride & Prejudice and Death Comes to Pemberley were filmed (10) |
| WYE | Derbyshire river, a major tributary of the Derwent (3) |
| EREWASH | Derbyshire tributary of the Trent near Nottingham, we share freely! (7) |
| OUTERSPACE | Europe's act fixed ESA's concern (5,5) |
| NASA | ESA's partner on the ISS |
| SMOS | ESA's Soil Moisture Ocean Salinity Satellite Abbrev. (1-1-1-1) |
| DERBY | City on the Derwent (5) |
| GRETA | Fly- fishing tributary of Derwent (anag. of ' grate') (5) |
| TRENT | Third-longest river in the United Kingdom, whose tributaries include the Tame, Derwent and Dove (5) |
| ELDER | Type of tree... in channel, Derwent (5) |
| TORCH | Useful when night fishing .... in Derwent or Chasewater (5) |
| RIVER | Derwent tributary for rainbow/brown trout (*Rio? Never!) (5,3) |
| ALDER | Catkin-bearing tree in rural Derwent (5) |
| ADDER | Some dread Derwent snake (5) |
| WATER | Derwent___, northern lake (5) |
| TYNE | River in North East England whose tributaries include the Derwent and Don (4) |
| PENCILS | Invented in their modern form by balloonist Nicolas-Jacques Conte, items graded from 9H to 9B for sketching, found at the Derwent Museum (7) |
| PEAK | - District; national park through which the Derwent flows, site of Kinder Scout and Chatsworth House (4) |
| EDGE | Any one of the escarpments of millstone grit found in the Peak District including Burbage, Curbar, Derwent, Froggatt and Stanage (4) |