| LYONNESSE | In Arthurian legend, the birthplace of Sir Tristram (9) |
| TAVISTOCK | Market town in Devon near the birthplace of Sir Francis Drake (9) |
| GUINEVERE | In Arthurian legend, the wife of King Arthur and lover of Lancelot (9) |
| EXCALIBUR | In Arthurian legend, the magic sword of King Arthur (9) |
| PENDRAGON | In Arthurian legend. the father of King Arthur (5,9) |
| PENSHURST | - Place; Henry VIII's hunting lodge, birthplace of Sir Philip Sidney in 1554 (9) |
| BANNISTER | What is the surname of Sir Roger, the first man to run the mile in under four minutes? (9) |
| BLENHEIM | Palace in Woodstock, Oxfordshire; the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill (8) |
| REDHEADED | Eponymous League investigated in the second of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes short stories (3-6) |
| GALAHAD | In Arthurian legend. the son of Lancelot and Elaine who was the most virtuous knight of the Round Table (7) |
| VIVIAN | In Arthurian legend, the mistress of Merlin, sometimes identified with the Lady of the Lake |
| RESIDENCE | It's the home of Sir E Dence |
| BURY | Town in Greater Manchester on the River Irwell that is the birthplace of Sir Robert Peel |
| LOCHINVAR | Hero of Sir Walter Scott |
| TARANAKI | Province which was the birthplace of Sir Peter Snell in 1938 (8) |
| DARVEL | Town in East Ayrshire which is the birthplace of Sir Alexander Fleming (6) |
| BLENHEIMPALACE | Country house in Oxfordshire; the birthplace of Sir Winston Churchill (8,6) |
| IRISHSTEW | Food spilt over most of sir's whites (5,4) |
| UTHERPENDRAGON | In Arthurian legend, the father of King Arthur (5,9) |
| AVALON | In Arthurian legend, the Island of the Blessed (6) |
