| MERCIA | Kingdom of Anglo-Saxon England which became one of Alfred the Great's territories (6) |
| PSYCHO | One of Alfred Hitchcock's best-known films (6) |
| RUTLAND | The smallest county of England, which became part of Leicestershire in 1974 (7) |
| NEWFOREST | Area of England which became a National Park in 2005 (3,6) |
| ONHEARING | (and 4 down and 16 down and 20 down) Tone poem by 2 down which became one of his most famous works (9) |
| EDWARD | King of Anglo-Saxon England from 1042-66 (6,3,9) |
| ALFRED | King of Anglo-Saxon England from 871 until 899 (6) |
| CRABBE | A poet and entomologist noted for The Village whose Marsh Flowers became one of Benjamin Britten's Five Flower Songs (6) |
| THANET | Part of England which skirts the north east? South east actually (6) |
| LAMMAS | Harvest festival of Anglo-saxon origin, celebrated on August 1 (6) |
| WESSEX | Alfred the Great's kingdom |
| MERSEY | River in N.W. England which flows to the Irish Sea through an estuary on which Liverpool stands (6) |
| STIVES | Coastal resort in Cornwall, England, which houses an extension of the Tate Gallery (2,4) |
| CAESAR | Roman emperor destroyed first of Anglo-Saxon race (6) |
| SUTTON | ___ Hoo, Suffolk site of Anglo-Saxon burials (6) |
| ESSEX | Originally an early kingdom of Anglo Saxon England, ended ties with gender |
| EGBERT | Grandfather of Alfred the Great |
| OXFORD | University city in S. England which houses 40 separate colleges (6) |
| ROSSINI | Son of a town trumpeter who became one of the main proponents of bel canto; his best-known operas include William Tell, The Thieving Magpie and The Barber of Seville (7) |
| TOLKIEN | Professor of Anglo-Saxon and English Language and Literature who became one of Britain's greatest authors (7) |
