| HOLLOWAY | District in London suburb of Islington, home to Britain's largest female prison (8) |
| RAINBOW | Artist in London suburb of a diverse nature? (7) |
| ESSEX | Home to Britain's oldest recorded town and parts of the Dedham Vale, a county whose only city is Chelmsford (5) |
| LEEDS | City which is home to Britain's national collection of arms and armour, the Royal Armouries Museum (5) |
| ONO | Yoko who donated John Lennon's boyhood home to Britain's National Trust |
| WARDRESS | What to wear when fighting female prison officer? (8) |
| OVERPAID | Spent too much with extra flat outside northmost bit of Islington (8) |
| ANGELICA | Roughly south of Islington area one finds cake decoration (8) |
| DAGENHAM | Town and district in London, location of a major car factory (8) |
| BIRDCAGE | "Pooh!" went Christopher Robin, "how could you call this a female prison?!" (8) |
| EDMONTON | English executive flipping about fashion in London suburb (8) |
| SPLENDID | Term referring to Britain's late 19th- century refusal to form international alliances, - isolation (8) |
| HENCHMAN | One following HM into female prison (8) |
| WATERLOO | Britain's largest railway station by floor space, also ranked first in number of platforms (8) |
| BEECHING | ___ Cuts; 1960s reductions to Britain's railway networks (8) |
| OXBRIDGE | Related to Britain's two oldest universities (8) |
| LONDONER | Citizen of Britain's largest city |
| HEATHROW | Britain's largest airport (8) |
| EARLS | ___ Court, district in the London suburb of Kensington (5) |
| KEW | District in London that is home to a botanical garden boasting the largest living plant collection on Earth and a gallery of more than 800 paintings by Victorian artist and adventurer Marianne North ( |
