| WIMBORNEMINSTER | Market town in East Dorset north of Poole |
| WIMBORNE | Market town in East Dorset north of Poole (8,7) |
| MINSTER | Market town in East Dorset north of Poole (8,7) |
| WEYMOUTH | Seaside town in Dorset north of the Isle of Portland (8) |
| IDMISTON | I'm going to visit my son in East Dorset, and then my daughter and her three children in their new place just outside of Porton (8) |
| DUNSTABLE | Market town in east England (pop 34,000, the site of a Roman settlement) (9) |
| CIRENCESTER | Market town in East Gloucestershire, on the River Churn (11) |
| WAREHAM | Dorset town on Frome, southwest of Poole (7) |
| SANDBANKS | Neighbourhood of Poole in Dorset noted for its beach and affluent homes (9) |
| CANFORDCLIFFS | At the beginning of February, my son, a head chef who has a large place in Cardiff, moved to an affluent suburb of Poole (7,6) |
| BIPEDAL | Bail out over outskirts of Poole, with spot of difficulty standing upright (7) |
| PARAMEDIC | Ambulance driver recalled police attending a crash in outskirts of Poole |
| RINGS | Neolithic henge in Dorchester, Dorset, north-east of Maiden Castle (8,5) |
| MAUMBURY | Neolithic henge in Dorchester, Dorset, north-east of Maiden Castle (8,5) |
| LEHAR | He composed operettas coming out of Poole Harbour (5) |
| SEARCHPARTY | Those looking for the lost archer stay foolishly around the west end of Poole (6,5) |
| TOO | East Dorset has three gaols and two borstals as well (3) |
| OYSTERBED | Seafood source arranged by East Dorset |
| ORONO | A university town in east central Maine on the Penobscot River north of Bangor. |
| CANNING | Preservation of town in East London (7) |
