| JOCKEYCLUB | Horse-racing group with courses at locations including Aintree, Cheltenham, Epsom Downs and Newmarket (6,4) |
| GANGWAY | Criminal group with course of action on which to embark |
| ELEANOR | Queen-consort of France and later queen of England, imprisoned for 16 years at locations including Old Sarum and Winchester Castle (7) |
| EMMA | Jane Austen's novel adapted into a film set at locations including Firle Place, Wilton House and Chavenage (4) |
| PUFFIN | Auk inhabiting locations including the Faroe Islands, the Isles of Scilly, Skokholm off the Pembrokeshire coast and its neighbouring Skomer (6) |
| OPPOSITES | Work one way, then the other, at locations - they attract (9) |
| DERBY | Cheese sometimes flavoured with sage; gin cocktail with peach and mint; or, a flat race for three-year-old horses such as that run at the Epsom Downs (5) |
| THEOAKS | One of the British Classic horse races held at Epsom Downs (3,4) |
| RELIEFMAP | Where ups and downs (and locations of loos?) feature? (6,3) |
| HACKNEY | Greater London locations with 'Central', 'Downs' and 'Wick' stations (7) |
| DINNERDANCES | ... steps taken with partners in conjunction with courses |
| WORTHING | Sussex club with courses named Vardon and Colt (8) |
| MBA | Deg. with courses on accounting and management |
| PSYCH | Univ. department with courses on social development and sexuality |
| THEWISLEY | Surrey club with courses designed by Robert Trent Jones Jr (3,6) |
| TAS | Grad students who help with courses hidden in "Southeast Asia": Abbr. |
| APOLOGY | Winner of the Oaks Stakes at Epsom Downs in 1874 (7) |
| YOYOS | They have their ups and downs and strings attached (5) |
| WEALD | The ?, region of SE England between the North Downs and the South Downs (5) |
| LEAPFROGGING | Playing the game, it has its ups and downs and some backing (12) |
