| KETOSIS | Response to low glucose levels formed by an anagram of "stoke" + IS |
| RUNG | Metaphorical hierarchy level formed by anagramming all but the T of "grunt" |
| TRANSIENT | Passing water through Stoke is an embarrassment when caught (9) |
| STBROECK | My brother, a head chef who lives in Stoke, is arranging to come and visit my village near Wadebridge (2,6) |
| INANELY | Ludicrously, Stokes is dismissed in a nonsensical manner (7) |
| BENISON | Stokes is bowling? That's a blessing! (7) |
| FASCINATING | Can't gain if Stokes is out? Tempting (11) |
| DIABETES | Disease characterized by abnormally high glucose levels in the blood (8) |
| ANVIL | An inhabitant of Stoke Poges out of lager? One frequently gets hammered |
| NEWCASTLEUNDERLYME | Staffordshire town which resisted two 20th-century attempts to add it to the county borough of Stoke-on-Trent |
| ETRURIA | Ancient region of central Italy, also a suburb of Stoke-on-Trent |
| STAFFORD | Town situated north of the Black Country and Wolverhampton, south of Stoke-on-Trent (8) |
| DELILAH | 1968 Tom Jones hit adopted by supporters of Stoke City as their club anthem (7) |
| HACKNEY | Borough of NE London that incorporates the former boroughs of Stoke Newington and Shoreditch (7) |
| BURSLEM | A town of Stoke-on-Trent and birthplace of pottery designer Josiah Wedgwood (7) |
| POTTERIES | Name given to the city of Stoke-on-Trent and surrounding area (9) |
| DIABETIC | Having abnormally high blood glucose levels (8) |
| ASSIST | When my sister, who lives with her two daughters on the outskirts of Stoke Abbot, fell ill, I went round to help out (6) |
| FENTON | A deer-chasing dog of a 2011 viral video; one of Stoke-on-Trent’s six towns |
| MENUHIN | Baron -- of Stoke D'Abernon, British violinist born in USA (7) |
