| HARLOW | New town in west Essex, 6 miles southsouth-west of Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire (6) |
| ESCOMB | Village in County Durham on the River Wear, about 1.5 miles west of Bishop Auckland, that has one of the oldest Anglo-Saxon churches in England |
| SAFFRONWALDEN | North-west Essex market town (7,6) |
| OPHRAH | In the Old Testament, a city of Manasseh, 6 miles south-west of Shechem, that was the residence of Gideon |
| HAROLD | King believed to be buried at St Michael's, Bishop's Stortford (6) |
| ILFORD | Town in Essex (6) |
| EPPING | Market town and forest in Essex (6) |
| MALDON | Town on the Blackwater Estuary in Essex (6) |
| LAUREN | _ Goodger, TV personality who starred in The Only Way is Essex (6) |
| SUSSEX | Find a spaniel on the outskirts of sunny Essex (6) |
| VETOES | Forbids part of family's move to Essex (6) |
| AUDLEY | - End House; Jacobean property in Essex (6) |
| THAMES | River in Witham, Essex (6) |
| CROUCH | Bend low here with the yachtsmen in Essex (6) |
| WRIGHT | Mark, reality TV personality and footballer who appeared on the first three series of The Only Way Is Essex (6) |
| ISLAND | Vainly dances around somewhere in Essex (6) |
| CANVEY | Vainly dances around somewhere in Essex (6) |
| FAIERS | Sam _, TV personality who rose to fame on The Only Way Is Essex (6) |
| DENISE | ____ van Outen, English actress who narrates the reality TV show The Only Way Is Essex (6) |
| CHILDS | Amy _, the first to quit The Only Way is Essex (6) |
