| ABERGAVENNY | Market town west of Monmouth (11) |
| TREDEGAR | Welsh town 29 miles west of Monmouth (8) |
| GRANDDETOUR | Illinois town west of Chicago |
| SEDGEMOOR | A low-lying plain in Central Somerset, scene of the defeat of the Duke of Monmouth in 1685 (9) |
| TINTAGEL | Ruins of a 13th-century castle above Merlin's Cave in Cornwall; the legendary birthplace of King Arthur according to Geoffrey of Monmouth (8) |
| LOT | Brother-in-law of King Arthur, and father of Gawain and Mordred, according to Geoffrey of Monmouth (3) |
| PITCHER | Molly ___, nickname of the legendary heroine of the battle of Monmouth during the American Revolutionary War (7) |
| ELIUD | Legendary king of the Britons, preceded by Urianus and succeeded by Cledaucus, as recounted by Geoffrey of Monmouth |
| GEOFFREY | ___ of Monmouth, Welsh bishop who was the chief source of Arthurian legends (8) |
| HOTUMN | Portmanteau phrase for a time of year formed by anagramming the last six letters of "Monmouth" |
| MONTH | May perhaps be found on the outskirts of Monmouth (5) |
| KETCH | Jack ___, English hangman whose victims included the Duke of Monmouth in 1685 (5) |
| ARTHUR | Legendary king whose exploits were developed in writings by Geoffrey of Monmouth, Sir Thomas Malory and Chretien de Troyes (6) |
| AVALON | Island where Excalibur was forged, according to Geoffrey of Monmouth (6) |
| BEWDLEY | Severnside town, west of Kidderminster (anag. of 'Wye bled') (7) |
| BATHGATE | West Lothian town, west of Livingston (8) |
| OMAGH | Expression of surprise about publication in town west of Belfast |
| GREENOCK | Scottish town west of Glasgow that became the first site of a dock on the River Clyde in 1711 (8) |
| ELALAMEIN | Town west of Alexandria in N Egypt, scene of a major Allied victory over Axis forces in November 1942 (2,7) |
| NABLUS | Town west of the River Jordan near the site of ancient Shechem |
