| EASTRIDING | One of three former administrative divisions of Yorkshire (4,6) |
| RIDING | Practice of equestrianism; or, one of three former administrative divisions of Yorkshire (6) |
| RIDINGS | Three former administrative divisions of Yorkshire (North, East and West) abolished in 1974 (7) |
| ISLEOF | And 14. A former administrative division of Cambridgeshire (4,2,3) |
| ELY | A former administrative division of Cambridgeshire (4,2,3) |
| LINDSEY | Parts of ------- . the largest of the three former administrative areas of Lincolnshire (7) |
| HUMBERSIDE | Region and former administrative English county that includes the towns of Goole and Grimsby (10) |
| NORTHRIDING | Administrative division of Yorkshire until 1974 (5,6) |
| DEMES | Administrative divisions of ancient Attica |
| OBLASTS | Administrative divisions of Russia (7) |
| WARDS | Administrative divisions of a council, represented by a councillor (5) |
| PROVINCES | Principal administrative divisions of a country or empire (9) |
| DISTRICTS | Administrative divisions of land (9) |
| REGIONS | Administrative divisions, areas or districts of countries; portions of space; parts of bodies around organs; or, spheres of interest (7) |
| OBLAST | Any one of Ukraine's 24 administrative divisions |
| NEWORDER | Band formed in 1980 by three former members of Joy Division |
| CANALZONE | Former administrative region of the US on the Isthmus of Panama (5,4) |
| LIMOUSIN | A former administrative region of West-Central France, the capital of which was Limoges (8) |
| AUVERGNE | Former administrative region of France comprising the departments of Allier, Puy de Dome, Cantal and Haute Loire |
| SHIRE | (British) A former administrative district of England. |
