| PITUITARY | Gland situated at the base of the brain (9) |
| THYROID | Large endocrine gland situated at the base of the neck |
| BRACT | Specialised leaf usually situated at the base of a flower (5) |
| INVERURIE | Aberdeenshire town situated at the confluence of the rivers Don and Ury (9) |
| ROTTERDAM | Major Dutch port situated at the delta of the Rhine, Meuse and Scheldt rivers (9) |
| ANCHORAGE | Alaskan port situated at the head of Cook Inlet (9) |
| POSTERIOR | Situated at the back of, or behind (9) |
| AMBLESIDE | Lakeland town situated at the head of Windermere (9) |
| LARYNX | The organ of the voice, situated at the top of the trachea (6) |
| THALAMUS | Either of the two contiguous egg-shaped masses of grey matter at the base of the brain (8) |
| NANTES | Capital of the Loire-Atlantique department of W France, situated at the head of the Loire estuary (6) |
| CHIASMA | Intersection or crossing-over, as of the optic nerves at the base of the brain (7) |
| THALAMI | What are the two egg-shaped masses of grey matter at the base of the brain |
| ISCHIA | Island in the Tyrrhenian Sea situated at the northern end of the Bay of Naples (6) |
| TONSIL | One of two small masses of lymphatic tissue situated at the back of the throat (6) |
| PLEXUS | Solar ___ , a complex of nerves situated at the pit of the stomach (6) |
| GLAND | Body located at the base of the brain also called hypophysis cerebri (9,5) |
| EILAT | Israel's southernmost town situated at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba (5) |
| BLED | Situated at the foot of the Julian Alps northwest of Ljubljana, Slovenia, this glacial lake is a summer health and holiday resort and a winter sports centre (4) |
| CORNERSHOP | A type of convenience store, grocer, minimart, newsagent, off-licence or other emporium of everyday goods, characteristically situated at the end of a local road or a junction in a residential area (6 |
