| ASHDOWN | East Sussex woodland, - - - Forest (7) |
| GEAN | Wild cherry or mazzard tree of woodland, forest or hedgerow, toxic to cattle herds, and whose genus Prunus avium roughly translates as "plum of the birds" (4) |
| ROEDEAN | Girls' school in East Sussex (7) |
| BEXHILL | Resort in East Sussex (7) |
| LUTYENS | Architect who designed Munstead Wood in Surrey, Great Dixter in East Sussex and parts of New Delhi (7) |
| SISTERS | Seven _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , a series of chalk cliffs in East Sussex between Seaford and Eastbourne (7) |
| TILLING | Fictional seaside town based on Rye in East Sussex in E. F. Benson's Mapp and Lucia novels; or, the act of ploughing, harrowing etc (7) |
| HOWEVER | These people enter East Sussex resort on river nonetheless (7) |
| WEALDEN | District in East Sussex whose administrative centre is Hailsham (7) |
| SEAFORD | East Sussex resort between Ouse and Cuckmere (*safe rod) (7) |
| RIGHTON | PC heading out of East Sussex resort (5,2) |
| ELYSEES | see 17ac, Wetland area in Kent and East Sussex after which a type of sheep is named (6,5) |
| DOUBLES | see 17ac, Wetland area in Kent and East Sussex after which a type of sheep is named (6,5) |
| MALLORY | see 17ac, Wetland area in Kent and East Sussex after which a type of sheep is named (6,5) |
| MONSTER | see 17ac, Wetland area in Kent and East Sussex after which a type of sheep is named (6,5) |
| THELINE | see 17ac, Wetland area in Kent and East Sussex after which a type of sheep is named (6,5) |
| CHICKEN | see 17ac, Wetland area in Kent and East Sussex after which a type of sheep is named (6,5) |
| TOWRITE | see 17ac, Wetland area in Kent and East Sussex after which a type of sheep is named (6,5) |
| MATILDA | see 17ac, Wetland area in Kent and East Sussex after which a type of sheep is named (6,5) |
| STRIPES | see 17ac, Wetland area in Kent and East Sussex after which a type of sheep is named (6,5) |
