| STILLROOM | Historically, part of house not yet full |
| SEMINARY | Sort of house - not a religious institution (8) |
| TERRA | Row of houses not making use of church land |
| ERITREA | African country, historically part of the kingdoms of Aksum and Medri Bahri (7) |
| LILLE | French city, historically part of Flanders (5) |
| SALE | Town in Trafford, Greater Manchester, that is historically part of Cheshire |
| WAXING | Not yet full |
| PREFAB | Home not yet wonderful? |
| BASHFUL | Shy yet full of aggression? (7) |
| SEMI | House not full? (4) |
| THOUSAND | Nights of joiners in house not for refurbishment (8,3,3) |
| SHAVIAN | Like Candida and Heartbreak House, not to speak of the Seagull? |
| ROYAL | Third of July: a house not quite set up for August? |
| FANCYFREE | Cool cover of chimney on the house, not attached |
| EVE | The night before Christmas when, all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mous |
| AYNHO | Any odd house not quite in Northants and not quite in Oxon (5) |
| NIGHT | "Twas the ... before Christmas, when all through the house / Not a creature was stirring, not even a |
| VENVILLE | Tenure in Dartmoor of new country house, not finished in angled shape |
| HENRY | St Benet's Abbey was the only religious house not officially closed by ... VIII during the Dissolution of the Monasteries (5) |
| HELE | They are going to build a large hospital, right here at the back of my house, not far from Bradninch (4) |
