| EASTLOTHIAN | Formerly Haddingtonshire, area which contains the town of Musselburgh |
| UMBRIA | Italian region that contains the town of Assisi (6) |
| ESK | Snakeskin has characteristics of Musselburgh river (3) |
| PENINSULAR | Shape of land area which contains Gallipoli (10) |
| DEVON | English county that contains the towns of Axminster and Okehampton (5) |
| OUTSKIRTSOFTOWN | Border area, which contains a hint to solving this puzzle's 12 border answers |
| DOWNINGSTREET | The London street which contains the official residences of the Prime Minister and the Chancellor of the Exchequer (7,6) |
| ABDOMEN | Area of the body which contains the stomach and bowels (7) |
| ARDENNES | Forested area which was the scene of intense fighting during the last major German attack of World War II (8) |
| PITCH | Area which is the centre of action in a game of cricket. (5) |
| SONVALLS | Village in the municipality of felanitx, Mallorca which contains the Iglesia de Cristo Rey whose day is celebrated there on the Sunday before Advent each year (3,5) |
| TIVOLI | Italian town east of Rome which contains the remains of Hadrian's villa (6) |
| LARYNX | Name the cavity in the human windpipe which contains the vocal (6) |
| PIMLICO | Area of London which contains the apartment block Dolphin Square (7) |
| KREMLIN | Citadel in Moscow which contains the offices of the Russian government (7) |
| BRAINTREE | Essex town which contains the sub-district of Bocking |
| LAGIOCONDA | Opera by Ponchielli which contains the ballet Dance of the Hours (2,8) |
| WEALD | Southeastern area which supplied most of Britain's iron until coke became a key part of the ironmaking process |
| CANTONS | Areas which make up the 26 member states of the Swiss Confederation (7) |
| LEEK | 'Musselburgh', 'The Lyon', 'Pandora' and 'Autumn Giant 2 Porvite' are all varieties of this (4) |
