| EYNSHAM | Oxfordshire village that was the site of the last flash lock on the River Thames |
| ISLIP | Oxfordshire village that is the birthplace of Edward the Confessor (5) |
| SEDANCHAIR | Top sportsman, in a flash, locks vehicle (5,5) |
| NASEBY | Northamptonshire village that was the site of a major Parliamentarian victory in the Civil War in 1645 (6) |
| ELALAMEIN | Egyptian village that was the scene of a decisive Allied victory over the Axis forces in 1942 |
| FINDHORN | Village that was the principal seaport of Moray in the 17th century |
| MALLTRAETH | Anglesey village that was the haunt of bird painter Charles Tunnicliffe for over 30 years (10) |
| ARMAGEDDON | The site of the last great "battle of that great day of God almighty" (10) |
| ROSELLE | New Jersey village that was the first ever to be incandescently lit |
| SHIPLAKE | Vessel on Windermere, perhaps - or Oxfordshire village on the Thames Path (8) |
| YORKTOWN | Site of the last major battle of the American Revolution in 1781, in SE Virginia south-east of Williamsburg (8) |
| LANGSIDE | Site of the last battle of forces loyal to Mary Queen of Scots before her exile to England (8) |
| SWANS | What birds on the River Thames are caught annually and marked as the property of the Queen? (5) |
| SANTACLARA | Site of the last battle of the Cuban Revolution |
| UTAH | Site of the last link of the first Transcontinental Telegraph |
| CULLODEN | ___ Moor, site of the last pitched battle on British soil (8) |
| KELMSCOTT | Rural Oxfordshire village, site of William Morris's former home, after which he named his private press (9) |
| DOGGETT | Thomas ?, Irish actor; founder of a sculling prize in 1715 that is still competed for on the River Thames on August 1 (7) |
| GREENHITHE | Town on the River Thames in England from whence naval officer Sir John Franklin set sail on what would be a fateful 1845 expedition to the Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic |
| HARWELL | Oxfordshire village where a nuclear research station was opened in 1946 (7) |
