| MAYORESS | First lady of Liverpool or Leeds |
| BRIT | Liverpool or Leeds native |
| RESOLED | Oxford might have been restored thus, or Leeds, perhaps |
| UNITED | Newcastle, West Ham or Leeds (6) |
| SEAPORT | General name for a town or city with a harbour, such as Bristol, Liverpool or Southampton (7) |
| ENG | From Liverpool or London: Abbr. |
| PRIMEMINISTER | Get priest ready for Liverpool or Derby? |
| PORT | Titanic's left Liverpool or Southampton (4) |
| FOOTBALLCLUB | Association such as at Liverpool or Everton? (8,4) |
| FOOTBALLTEAM | Liverpool or Everton, say (8,4) |
| SPEKE | Suburb of Liverpool near widest part of River Mersey (5) |
| IRISHSEA | Body of water west of Liverpool |
| KNOTTYASH | Area of Liverpool, former home of Ken Dodd |
| SCOUSE | Dialect or accent of Liverpool (6) |
| REDKITE | Bird, iconic identifier of Liverpool, on top of edifice |
| ENGLISHLANGUAGE | It's all the talk of Liverpool, in a manner of speaking (7,8) |
| TOXTETH | North of the ground, steer into that empty part of Liverpool |
| JURGENKLOPP | Current manager of Liverpool FC, winners of the UEFA Champions League 2018-19 (6,5) |
| AINTREE | Suburb of Liverpool that is the site of the racecourse over which the Grand National has been run since 1839 |
| JENKINSON | Robert ---, 2nd earl of Liverpool, prime minister of the United Kingdom 1812-27 (9) |
