| DISS | Norfolk town in which Baroness Wilson of Rievaulx was born |
| IRONLADY | Pointedly nasty medieval torture device after which Baroness Thatcher was nicknamed (4,4) |
| TANNI | Moniker by which Baroness Grey Thompson is known (5) |
| NORTHYORKMOORS | Upland area, in which Rievaulx Abbey is located, that was designated a National Park in 1952 (5,4,5) |
| HELMSLEY | Medieval castle near Rievaulx Abbey, now in the care of English Heritage (8) |
| ABBES | Man of habit at eg Rievaulx once (5) |
| ABBEYS | Fountains and Rievaulx are two noted ones in North Yorkshire (6) |
| PRIOR | Previous... inhabitant once of e.g. Rievaulx Abbey (5) |
| AUXILIARYVERB | To do, say, Rievaulx by air is unusual |
| FOLKESTONE | English port town in which physician William Harvey, discoverer of total circulation, was born in 1578 |
| GRANTHAM | Lincolnshire town in which Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher was born in 1925 (8) |
| STAFFORD | English county town in which actor Neil Morrissey was born in 1962 (8) |
| HALIFAX | North of England town in which Mackintosh's toffee was first sold (7) |
| NAILSEA | North Somerset town in which former cricketer and umpire Mervyn Kitchen was born |
| BETHLEHEM | Town in which Jesus was born |
| WOKING | Surrey town in which Paul Weller was born |
| RUSHDEN | Northamptonshire town in which author HE Bates was born |
| NELSON | Lancashire town in which antiques expert Eric Knowles was born (6) |
| LUTON | Bedfordshire town in which a major airport was opened in 1938 (5) |
| EMMAUS | Town in which, according to the Gospel of Luke, the risen Jesus appeared to two of his disciples (6) |
