| HELMSLEY | Medieval castle near Rievaulx Abbey, now in the care of English Heritage (8) |
| ABBEY | Creake ..., North Creake, is in the care of English Heritage (5) |
| BLENHEIM | Named after the Duke of Marlborough's seat in Woodstock, a chestnut-and-white Cavalier King Charles spaniel or a golden variety of English heritage apple (8) |
| NORTHYORKMOORS | Upland area, in which Rievaulx Abbey is located, that was designated a National Park in 1952 (5,4,5) |
| PRIOR | Previous... inhabitant once of e.g. Rievaulx Abbey (5) |
| HARDLY | Almost not left in the care of English novelist (6) |
| RESERVATION | Doubt the purpose of English Heritage is losing power |
| SINISTER | Left at home in the care of nurse (8) |
| PENTACLE | Symbol kept shut up, left in the care of wizard |
| CARLISLE | According to the English Heritage website, this cathedral city is the most frequently besieged place in the British Isles |
| TINTAGEL | Ruins of a 12th-century castle near Merlin's Cave in Cornwall; the legendary birthplace of King Arthur (8) |
| URQUHART | Castle near Drumnadrochit on banks of Loch Ness (8) |
| GEORGINA | English-heritage.org inaccessible? Girl has got into it |
| EGLINTON | Country park and ruined castle near Irvine (8) |
| DUNROBIN | Castle near Golspie (8) |
| ALHAMBRA | Moorish castle near Granada (8) |
| RHEA | Who is the mother of the gods and Zeus's mother and left him in the care of a nurse on Crete? |
| MANICURISTS | Various musicians from the mid-thirties become those skilled in the care of the hands and fingernails |
| ETAL | Small village in Northumberland with the substantial ruins of a medieval castle now owned by English Heritage (4) |
| GOBSMACKED | "Live Without Heroin in the Care of the Lord", rocked (10) |
