| BRIGG | North Lincolnshire town near Scunthorpe (5) |
| LOUTH | Oaf gains aspiration to reach this Lincolnshire town (5) |
| SPADE | Be blunt with soprano having reportedly settled with a flat in the outskirts of Scunthorpe (4,1,5,1,5) |
| CALLA | Be blunt with soprano having reportedly settled with a flat in the outskirts of Scunthorpe(4,1,5,1,5) |
| LLERA | Miguel ___ , former Sheffield Wednesday, Alicante, Scunthorpe and Charlton defender (5) |
| IPOUA | Guy ..... , Cameroon striker whose clubs included Gillingham and Scunthorpe (5) |
| SEWER | Drain runs behind repeatedly empty Scunthorpe warehouse (5) |
| TRIPE | Rubbish holiday ending in Scunthorpe (5) |
| ROOTS | 1974-76 Scunthorpe boss (5) |
| KNILL | Alan, 2011-12 Scunthorpe manager (5) |
| JOYCE | Joe ...... 1979-91 Barnsley, 1991-93 Scunthorpe United and 1999-95 Carlisle United defender (5) |
| RANCE | Dean, 2020-23 Dagenham & Redbridge and 2023-24 Scunthorpe midfielder (5) |
| SCUNTHORPE | Former steel-making town of North Lincolnshire (10) |
| HUMBERBRIDGE | Structure spanning the estuary near Hull connecting Yorkshire's East Riding with North Lincolnshire (6,6) |
| AXHOLME | Isle of ?, flat lowland area in North Lincolnshire west of the River Trent |
| MARKETRASEN | Lincolnshire town, location of a National Hunt racecourse (6,5) |
| GRIMSBY | Unattractive supermarket's opening near to Lincolnshire town (7) |
| GAINSBOROUGH | Lincolnshire town - 18th-century English painter (12) |
| BOSTON | Lincolnshire town - tea party venue? (6) |
| GRANTHAM | Lincolnshire town actor, overactor? (8) |
