| INSKIP | Fylde village north-west of Preston (6) |
| GIRTON | Village north-west of Cambridge to which a women's college, established in 1869, moved in 1872 (6) |
| GIVERNY | Village north-west of Paris (7) |
| LYTHAM | Town on Fylde coast of Lancashire (6) |
| PROVEN | Shown to wander in the outskirts of Preston (6) |
| ROLLESBY | Norfolk village north-west of Great Yarmouth that has a round-tower church |
| UTTLEY | Roger ......, Fylde, Godorth and Wasps lock; 1973 England Test debutant (6) |
| PARHAM | Ontario village north of Kingston |
| SKOKIE | Village north of Chicago |
| UNREST | Commotion near centre of Preston, close to university |
| MASSEY | Gavin ...... , Fylde, 2012-16 Colchester, 2017-22 Wigan and 2022-24 Port Vale attacker (6) |
| SCOTTON | Village north-east of Harrogate in North Yorkshire (7) |
| WALTONLEDALE | Large village in Lancashire on the south bank of the River Ribble, opposite the city of Preston, adjacent to Bamber Bridge |
| DEEPDALE | Home ground of Preston North End (8) |
| FLEETWOOD | Seaside town within the Wyre district of Lancashire, at the northwest corner of the Fylde, whose Town football club first gained league status in 2012 |
| SIZEWELL | Coastal village north of Aldeburgh, Suffolk, that became site of a Magnox nuclear power station in 1968 (8) |
| DALCHALM | Boy returning to middle of nowhere in tranquil village north of Brora (8) |
| LANCASHIRE | County of which Fylde and Pendle are districts (10) |
| ROCKABYEBABY | 1958 film starring Jerry Lewis that is a loose remake of Preston Sturges' 1944 film The Miracle of Morgan's Creek |
| RACKHEATH | Village north-east of Norwich (9) |