| MANSFIELD | Market town in Nottinghamshire north of Nottingham (9) |
| NEWARK | Market town in Nottinghamshire, noted as a Royalist stronghold in the English Civil War (6) |
| RETFORD | Market town in Nottinghamshire (7) |
| ROBINHOOD | Legendary outlaw whose arch-enemy was the Sheriff of Nottingham (5,4) |
| ISHERWOOD | 3 1 7 in Nottinghamshire also hires out club (9) |
| GOTHAMITE | Wiseacre named after a village in Nottinghamshire (9) |
| WORKSOP | Town in Nottinghamshire west of Retford (7) |
| CARLTON | Transport lot off to new town in Nottinghamshire (7) |
| EASTWOOD | Small town north-west of Nottingham (8) |
| SHERWOODFOREST | Author's heading off to one side of Nottingham, part of Nottinghamshire |
| ALAN | ___ Rickman, actor who played the Sheriff of Nottingham in Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves (4) |
| DENBY | Village 9 miles northeast of Nottingham, where a pottery company is based |
| RAMPTON | Secure hospital in Nottinghamshire, east of Retford, which opened in 1912 (7) |
| ASSASSIN | Couple of fools from the heart of Nottingham responsible for hit after hit (8) |
| WOODCUTTER | Hatchet man brought in to the cut the dead wood out of Nottingham Forest (10) |
| TOTON | Former site of a large railway marshalling yard south west of Nottingham (5) |
| LOCALGOVERNMENT | Pub man defends around outskirts of Nottingham, showing who's in charge here (5,10) |
| COOPER | Steve, Welsh football coach appointed manager of Nottingham Forest FC in 2021 (6) |
| ENEMIES | Robin Hood and the Sheriff of Nottingham, e.g. |
| GOVERNMENT | Ruling from chap pocketing deliveries to outskirts of Nottingham (10) |
