| WANTAGE | Oxfordshire market town, birthplace of Alfred the Great |
| RUGBYENGLAND | Market-town birthplace of a style of football |
| BRIGG | Small Lincolnshire market town, birthplace of Dame Joan Plowright (5) |
| GRANTHAM | Lincolnshire market town; birthplace of Margaret Thatcher |
| THETFORD | Norfolk market town, birthplace of Thomas Paine (8) |
| TIN | Metal "Sn", mentioned in the writings of Alfred the Great; or, a rectangular loaf of bread baked in a container of the same name (3) |
| ETHELRED | Name shared by the elder brother of Alfred the Great, and the 'Unready' half-brother of Edward the Martyr (8) |
| CORNWELL | Author whose Saxon Stories including The Last Kingdom recount the life of Alfred the Great as told by Uhtred of Bebbanburg (8) |
| DANELAW | Part of England in the time of Alfred the Great |
| ELDER | Edward the -; son of Alfred the Great who was king of Wessex from 899-924 (5) |
| CHRONICLE | The Anglo-Saxon - - -, manuscript created during the reign of Alfred the Great (9) |
| ATHELSTAN | Grandson of Alfred the Great who was the first acknowledged king of all England (925-39) (9) |
| ANGLO | --- Saxon Chronicle, manuscript created during the reign of Alfred the Great (5) |
| ROYALMINT | Government-owned company founded in London c. 886 in the time of Alfred the Great (5,4) |
| EDMUNDI | King of England from 939-946, grandson of Alfred the Great (6,1) |
| ASSER | Monk, biographer of Alfred the Great; sears (anag.) |
| EGBERT | Grandfather of Alfred the Great |
| ABINGDON | Oxfordshire market town; county town of Berkshire until 1867 (8) |
| KETTERING | Northamptonshire town, birthplace of the comedian Hugh Dennis (9) |
| WEYBRIDHE | Surrey town, birthplace of the conductor Colin Davis (9) |
