| SUDBURY | Market town in Suffolk, on the River Stour near the Essex border (7) |
| LOWESTOFT | Fishing port and resort in Suffolk on the North Sea (9) |
| VIEW | ____ on the Stour near Dedham, Constable painting |
| NEWMARKET | Market town in Suffolk considered the home of British horse-racing, site of the Jockey Club headquarters, Tattersalls and the National Stud (9) |
| BURYSTEDMUNDS | A market town in Suffolk and birthplace of the late Bob Hoskins (4,2,7) |
| STOUR | River in East Anglia that runs along part of the Suffolk-Essex border (5) |
| CONSTABLE | ____ Country, Suffolk/Essex border region depicted by a noted 19th-century landscape painter (9) |
| EPPING | ____ Forest, area of ancient woodland straddling the London-Essex border (6) |
| IPSWICH | The county town of Suffolk, on the estuary of the River Orwell |
| DEDHAMVALE | An area of outstanding natural beauty on the Essex-Suffolk border on the River Stour (6,4) |
| HARWICH | Town in Essex on the estuaries of the Rivers Orwell and Stour (7) |
| WANTSUM | Tributary of River Stour, Kent - *um, wasn't changing (7) |
| STURMER | A village on the Essex-Suffolk border after a which a cultivar of heritage apple is named (7) |
| WIMBORNE | ____ Minster, market town in southwest Dorset that lies on the River Stour (8) |
| ASHFORD | Town in Kent that lies on the River Great Stour (7) |
| EDITION | A limited release like the Essex Turbo Esprit (7,7) |
| KIDDERMINSTER | A town in North Worcestershire, England, on the River Stour (13) |
| SERPENT | The Essex ___ series based on Sarah Perry's eponymous novel starring Claire Danes and Tom Hiddleston on Apple TV+ |
| SANDWICH | Cinque Port in Kent on the River Stour (8) |
| THESNOW | Novel by Paul Gallico set among the Essex marshes (3,4,5) |