| WILLESDEN | Former municipal borough of Middlesex that became part of the borough of Brent in 1965 (9) |
| STEPNEY | District to the east of the City of London, now part of the borough of Tower Hamlets (7) |
| ERITH | Former municipal borough of Kent now in the London borough of Bexley (5) |
| SYON | Tudor mansion in Middlesex that was remodelled by Robert Adam in the 1760s for his patron, Hugh Percy, 1st Duke of Northumberland (4) |
| BACKWARDS | Support parts of the borough going in reverse |
| NYASALAND | This British protectorate in Africa became part of the Central African Federation in 1953 - now it's the nation of Malawi |
| MANHATTAN | Popular cocktail which is named after one of the boroughs of New York city |
| HAYES | Middlesex town that became part of the London Borough of Hillingdon in 1965 and was the erstwhile home of EMI Records |
| IANHENDRY | English actor whose TV roles include Dr Geoffrey Brent in Police Surgeon and Dr David Keel in The Avengers |
| SOCOTRA | Island near the mouth of the Gulf of Aden that became part of South Yemen in 1967 (7) |
| NEASDEN | Area in NW London, England, part of the London Borough of Brent (7) |
| SCONE | Derived either from the Dutch meaning "beautiful bread" or the name of the stone upon which Scottish kings were crowned, a cake that became part of a cream tea (5) |
| HIGHGATEWOOD | 70-acre area of woodland in North London that was originally part of the ancient Forest of Middlesex |
| IRONBRIDGE | Small town on the River Severn in Shropshire that became part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1986 |
| UDAIPUR | Former state of NW India that became part of Rajasthan in 1947 |
| ACT | Mechanism by which the Melanesian west of the island of New Guinea became part of the Indonesia, 1969's ... of Free Choice |
| LYNCH | The surname of which JP, who dealt out rough justice in Virginia in the 1780s, became part of the language? (5) |
| MAINLINE | Company formed from part of BR's Trainload division, that became part of EWS (8,7) |
| FREIGHT | Company formed from part of BR's Trainload division, that became part of EWS (8,7) |
| ILFORD | Town in E London; administrative headquarters of the Borough of Redbridge (6) |
