| TOWCESTER | Location in Northamptonshire, near Silverstone (9) |
| KETTERING | Town in Northamptonshire, or city in Ohio (9) |
| RACETRACK | People to follow to Silverstone, perhaps (9) |
| FASTTRACK | Speediest way to Silverstone, say (4-5) |
| BLASTFROM | & 15D 1999 romcom starring Brendan Fraser and Alicia Silverstone |
| NASEBY | Village in Northamptonshire, site of a Parliamentarian victory in the English Civil War in 1645 (6) |
| TRIANGULARLODGE | English Heritage property near Rushton in Northamptonshire (10,5) |
| DAVENTRY | An opening in flat in Northamptonshire town |
| DIAMONDS | Rushden & ......... former football club based in Irthlingborough in Northamptonshire (8) |
| RUSHDEN | Town in Northamptonshire, or village in Hertfordshire (7) |
| FOTHERINGHAY | ___ Castle, fortress in Northamptonshire where Mary, Queen of Scots was executed in 1587 (12) |
| PAVENTRY | District in Northamptonshire hosting the grand depart of the OVO Energy Women's Tour in June; site of Charles Spencer's home Althorp (8) |
| GRANDJUNCTION | Canal that once linked Braunston in Northamptonshire to the Thames near Oxford (5,8) |
| CONKERS | Game played with horse chestnuts whose annual world championships are held in Southwick in Northamptonshire (7) |
| SILVERSTONE | Motor racing circuit in Northamptonshire that first hosted the British Grand Prix in 1948 (11) |
| THORP | Old word for a hamlet or village that survives in the name of places including Earl Spencer's ancestral estate in Northamptonshire (5) |
| RUSHTON | Speed 100mph in Northamptonshire town (7) |
| CORBY | Town in Northamptonshire (5) |
| SPENCER | Aristocratic family whose seat is Althorp in Northamptonshire (7) |
| WELLAND | Lowland river that rises in Northamptonshire (7) |
