| DESPOND | In the Pilgrim's Progress, the deep, miry place from where Christian is rescued (6,2,7) |
| SLOUGHOF | In the Pilgrim's Progress, the deep, miry place from where Christian is rescued (6,2,7) |
| SLOUGHOFDESPOND | Miry place in The Pilgrim's Progress (6,2,7) |
| VANITYFAIR | Alluding to a town selling worthless things in Bunyan's The Pilgrim's Progress, the world regarded as a place of frivolity, notably in Thackeray's novel of the same name (6,4) |
| ACTS | Where the word "Christian" is first used in the Bible |
| BEACHHOUSE | No initial reason for security lapse in the theatre, an accommodating place from where you might see The Seagull (5,5) |
| ENNIS | Game doesn't start at the place from where Clare is organised (5) |
| COPT | African Christian is nabbed, we hear (4) |
| DISCLOSED | Circle Line finally to progress, the Board is shown (9) |
| OCHES | Places from where flights are sent with eyes on board |
| ADVANCE | Make progress, ... the cause |
| WORLDLYWISEMAN | Character from the town of Carnal Policy in The Pilgrim's Progress (7,7) |
| DESPAIR | Giant wrho imprisons Christian and Hopeful in Doubting Castle, in The Pilgrim's Progress (7) |
| THESLOUGHOFDESPOND | Bog into which Christian sinks in The Pilgrim's Progress |
| APOLLYON | Fiend who assaults Christian in The Pilgrim's Progress (8) |
| SPROG | The child in The Pilgrim's Progress (5) |
| ENVY | First witness against Faithful in 'The Pilgrim's Progress' (4) |
| GIANTDESPAIR | Owner of Doubting Castle in The Pilgrim's Progress (5,7) |
| HELP | Rescuer in "The Pilgrim's Progress" |
| BEULAH | Land of ___ (destination in "The Pilgrim's Progress") |
