| HARLECH | North Wales town noted for its ruined castle overlooking Cardigan Bay (7) |
| LUDLOW | Market town in Shropshire with a ruined castle overlooking the River Teme (6) |
| NEWARK | Market town in Nottinghamshire noted for its ruined 12th century castle (6) |
| MELROSE | Borders town known for its ruined abbey (7) |
| CARRARA | Tuscan town noted for its marble quarries (7) |
| HALIFAX | Yorkshire town noted for its textile industry (7) |
| WOOMERA | SA town noted for its rocket range (7) |
| WISBECH | Cambridgeshire town, noted for its Georgian architecture, known as the Capital of The Fens (7) |
| MALVERN | Worcestershire town noted for its mineral springs (7) |
| MOLDOVA | Country eggs taken to north Wales town (7) |
| ROOKERY | Breeding colony in castle overlooking European railway (7) |
| WREXHAM | North Wales town (7) |
| INSTYLE | Fashionable lint - yes, it's ruined (2,5) |
| LUXOR | Egyptian city famed for its ruined temples (5) |
| AGEN | Up north, say, a town noted for its prunes (4) |
| BISHOPSCASTLE | Shropshire town noted for its alternative community of artists, writers and craftspeople, and home to the Three Tuns, the UK's oldest brewery (7,6) |
| NUNEATON | Town noted for its connections to George Eliot, who was born locally on the Arbury Estate and drew inspiration from the area for her novels (8) |
| CHARTRES | French town noted for its Gothic cathedral (8) |
| ASCOT | English town noted for its Royal horse race meetings (5) |
| STHELENS | Merseyside town noted for its glass industry (2,6) |
