| STAFFS | In short, county location of Heronbrook Fisheries (6) |
| HERTS | In short, county location of Tring reservoir (5) |
| LEICS | In short, county location of Peatling Pools (5) |
| KANDALL | Won Ladies National Champs at Heronbrook 2019 (*bleak, dab: nil) (4,7) |
| ABBI | Won Ladies National Champs at Heronbrook 2019 (*bleak, dab: nil) (4,7) |
| TREBLECLEF | In short, County Cricket Club departed abruptly heading for bar (6,4) |
| DORSET | County location of Ryme Intrinseca and Melbury Bubb (6) |
| TYRONE | N. Ireland county location of Britain's largest lake (6) |
| DERBYS | County location of Ladybower Reservoir (abbrev.) (6) |
| SHIRAZ | Short county guide map showing produce of some vineyards (6) |
| NORFOLK | County, location of Happisburgh, site of what is believed by scientists and archaeologists to be the first known human settlement in the UK and northern Europe (7) |
| WEST | County location of Furnace Lakes (4,6) |
| BERKSHIRE | County location of Inkpen Beacon, start of the Wayfarers Walk (9) |
| CHESHIRE | County location of Sycamore Fisheries (8) |
| HAMPSHIRE | County location of Yateley Fisheries complex (9) |
| DEVON | County location of Valley of the Rocks (5) |
| KENT | 'Garden of England' county location of Leeds Castle (4) |
| EASTSUSSEX | County location of Bexhill, Hastings and Uckfield (4,6) |
| ESSEX | County location of Colne and Roding (5) |
| CAMBS | County location of Holme Fen Fishery (abbrev.) (5) |
