| PENZANCE | Last character absorbed in act of humiliation in town in south-west (8) |
| MONTELIMAR | 1 33 up in town in south-east France (10) |
| ANATOMY | Thirteen characters absorbed in no matter which medical discipline (7) |
| THETA | Greek character absorbed by argument he tackled (5) |
| SORRENTO | Town in south-west Italy (pop about 16,000), on the Bay of Naples (8) |
| PEMBROKE | Town in south-west Wales, with a Norman castle where Henry Tudor, later King Henry VII, was born (8) |
| THETFORD | Town in south-west Norfolk (8) |
| LOSEFACE | Suffer humiliation in circle within university, female one (4,4) |
| TROUTING | Running over the top in town in Hertfordshire (8) |
| LOCALITY | Look, Alan's in town in the area (8) |
| TIMBUKTU | Timothy reported lively young man also in town in Africa (8) |
| NAZARETH | 'He, Tarzan' out in town in Galilee (8) |
| PENANCE | Act of humiliation putting in an appearance among coppers (7) |
| STRANRAER | A ferry port and town in South West Scotland, on the shores of Loch Ryan (9) |
| JEREZ | Town in south west Spain famous for the making of sherry (5) |
| NEWLYN | Town in south-west given just now to north (6) |
| EDE | Town in south-west Nigeria, said to have been founded around 1500 to protect the trade route between Oyo and Benin (3) |
| SWINDON | Railway town in south-west England (7) |
| AYR | Town in south west Scotland (3) |
| ABASEMENT | Humiliation in having such a low place to live in? (9) |
