| CHATHAM | Kent town on the River Medway, the boyhood home of Charles Dickens (7) |
| GADSHILL | ----/---- Place, Kent home of Charles Dickens (4,4) |
| STUART | House of Charles I and II |
| ASHFORD | Kent town on the Stour - part of Erewash for days! (7) |
| MATAURA | Southland mill town, boyhood home of All Black Justin Marshall (7) |
| EARLETS | A port and resort in South East England, at the mouth of the River Medway (9) |
| TONBRIDGE | Kent town on the River Medway at which a castle was built by Richard Fitz Gilbert de Clare in the 11th century |
| IPSWICH | Town visited by Mr Pickwick in Chapter 22 of Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers (1837) (7) |
| MAIDSTONE | The county town of Kent, on the River Medway (9) |
| SCROOGE | 1970 musical film adaptation of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol starring Albert Finney in the title role (7) |
| COLLINS | A friend of Charles Dickens considered by some to be the first detective novelist whose books includ |
| BEARDED | Novel read in bed gives the appearance of Charles Dickens? |
| GILLINGHAM | Town in Kent on the River Medway associated with Chatham Dockyard (10) |
| ROCHESTER | Kent town and historic city on the River Medway (9) |
| TUNBRIDGE | Market town on the River Medway in Kent (9) |
| ABILENE | Eisenhower's boyhood home |
| GRAVESEND | Kent town on the south bank of the River Thames that has the world's oldest surviving cast iron pier, built in 1834 (9) |
| SHEERNESS | Kent seaside town on the River Medway |
| KENTISHMAN | Traditional term for one born on the west side of the River Medway (7,3) |
| HANNIBAL | City and port on the Mississippi River in Missouri, US; boyhood home of Mark Twain (8) |
