| FALMOUTH | Overlooked by the coastal fortress Pendennis Castle, the Cornish town where Kenneth Grahame conceived the idea for The Wind in the Willows (8) |
| IVES | The Barbara Hepworth Museum and Sculpture Garden is located in the Cornish town of St. what? (4) |
| KITCHEN | Room where Kenneth can contain his restless desire (7) |
| CANBERRA | Cornish town where the last working tin mine in Europe was located (8) |
| STAUSTELL | Cornish town where actor John Nettles was born in 1943 |
| ASHOIE | Old Crusader coastal fortress between 4 Across and 13 Across (6) |
| GATESHEAD | NE English town overlooked by the Angel of the North |
| WIND | The --- In The Willows, 1908 children's novel by Kenneth Grahame (4) |
| RATTY | A water vole in The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame |
| ROBERT | - the Bruce; believed to have been born and raised in what was Turnberry Castle, the king of Scots depicted by Chris Pine in the film Outlaw King (6) |
| LLEIDA | City in Catalonia, on the river Segre, overlooked by the Gothic-Romanesque Seu Vella cathedral (6) |
| TOAD | Dramatisation by A.A. Milne of a 1908 children's book by Kenneth Grahame (4,2,4,4) |
| MRTOAD | Amphibious character in 1908 Kenneth Grahame book The Wind in the Willows: 2 wds. |
| RELUCTANT | The ... Dragon; short story for children by Kenneth Grahame (9) |
| OFTOADHALL | Dramatisation by AA Milne of a 1908 children's book by Kenneth Grahame (4,2,4,4) |
| DOLGELLAU | Welsh town overlooked by the peak Cadair Idris |
| SMITH | Children's novelist and playwright whose books include I Capture the Castle, The Hundred and One Dalmatians and The Starlight Barking (5) |
| UNFINISHED | A French and Finnish report by writer of The Castle, the famous Kafkaesque one, in a literary sense (10) |
| MILE | Royal -; thoroughfare which is the site of Edinburgh Castle, the Palace of Holyroodhouse and the Scottish Parliament Building (4) |
| NIGHY | Actor in films including I Capture the Castle, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, Scrabble drama Sometimes Always Never and The Bookshop (5) |
