| NEARS | Nova Scotia houses a listener approaches (5) |
| STAGE | It's best a general theatre houses a platform (5) |
| RELIC | Barrel ice houses a thing of the past (5) |
| URSON | Yours only houses a porcupine (5) |
| SIENA | Walled city in Tuscany which houses a 13c university (5) |
| HIVES | Man-made receptacles that houses a swarm of bees (5) |
| FLINT | Town in NE Wales that houses a ruined castle (5) |
| AVILA | City in central Spain which houses a Romanesque cathedral (5) |
| CRAIG | Rocky island in Ayrshire, Scotland, which houses a gannetry (5) |
| AILSA | Rocky island in Ayrshire, Scotland, which houses a gannetry (5) |
| RUGBY | Town in Warwickshire that houses a famous public school (5) |
| ARLES | City in France on the River Rhone that houses a Roman amphitheater (5) |
| ELGIN | City in Scotland on the River Lossie that houses a ruined cathedral (5) |
| CONWY | Market town and resort in North Wales which houses a 13c castle (5) |
| LEVEN | Loch -- in Scotland houses a castle that was the place of imprisonment of Mary, Queen of Scots (5) |
| TENBY | Seaside resort in Pembrokeshire that houses a walled castle |
| KNOLE | One of Britain's largest houses, a former archbishop's palace near Sevenoaks |
| TERRACE | Word for a balcony in a theatre, a row of connected often identical houses, a patio, a flat Spanish-style rooftop, a raised beach or a step-like landform |
| AILSACRAIG | Rocky island in S Ayrshire, Scotland that houses a gannetry (5,5) |
| HONEST | ... two little houses a little earlier, I assure you! (6,5) |
