| RWE | Monogram of the literary figure who was the landowner of the residence at 39 Across |
| PHILEMON | Biblical figure who was the recipient of a letter from Paul the Apostle (8) |
| HOUSESITTERS | People who take care of the residences of others while they are away (5-7) |
| BALMORAL | One of the residences of the royal family |
| EASEMENT | In property law, the right enjoyed by a landowner of making limited use of a neighbour's land |
| SQUIRE | Chief landowner of an area (6) |
| LAIRD | A little Irish boy outside with the landowner (5) |
| HARDY | Dorset's celebrated literary figure who used the names Shaston or Palladour to describe the Saxon hilltop town Shaftesbury in the fictional Wessex of his novels Jude the Obscure and Tess of the D'Urbe |
| HUESCA | City in Spain at the foot of the Pyrenees which was the residence of the kings of Aragon until 1118 (6) |
| WESLEY | The Netherlands' ... Barresi, at 39 years and 153 days, is the oldest player in this edition of the ODI World Cup. (6) |
| OPHRAH | In the Old Testament, a city of Manasseh, 6 miles south-west of Shechem, that was the residence of Gideon |
| ENOS | Name of a Genesiac figure who was born to 105-year-old Seth (4) |
| STOWE | Surname of the creator of the literary slaves Topsy and Eliza (5) |
| MANOR | Ferndean ___, Mr. Rochester's residence at the end of "Jane Eyre" |
| LEIDEN | City in the Netherlands that was the residence of the Pilgrim Fathers for 11 years before they sailed for America in 1620 |
| OLDENBURG | River port in Lower Saxony, once the residence of the Counts of Ammerland |
| GOLDILOCKS | In the fairy tale, this young woman broke into and vandalised the residence of the three bears |
| AVIGNON | French town that was the residence of the papacy between 1309 and 1376 (7) |
| RECTORY | The residence of a parish incumbent in the Church of England (7) |
| DANIEL | Biblical figure who was thrown in the lions' den |
