| GULLION | Ring of ___, AONB in County Armagh (7) |
| WEALD | High ___, AONB in Kent, Surrey and Sussex (5) |
| ARNSIDE | ... and Silverdale, AONB in NW England - sort of sandier (7) |
| CANNOCK | - Chase; AONB in Staffordshire, formerly a royal hunting ground (7) |
| LURGAN | Town in County Armagh, Northern Ireland northeast of Craigavon (6) |
| PORTADOWN | Town in County Armagh on the River Bann (9) |
| DONAGHY | Which former Kerry star is joining the Armagh backroom team? (7) |
| YNYSMON | Welsh name for Anglesey, an island with a coastline declared an AONB, home to the longest place name in Britain (4,3) |
| PENNINES | North -; region of heather moorland and wooded valleys in northern England, designated an AONB in 1988 (8) |
| DARTMOOR | National Park and AONB in Devon, site of Castle Drogo and several menhirs or standing stones including that in Drizzlecombe (8) |
| CORNWALL | County and AONB in southern England (8) |
| NEWRY | City in Northern Ireland on the border between County Down and County Armagh (5) |
| VALLEY | Wye ___; AONB on the border between England and Wales, site of Tintern Abbey, Goodrich Castle, Symonds Yat and "the town of books" (6) |
| GOWER | ___ Peninsula, AONB in south Wales (5) |
| WYE | ___ Valley, AONB in England and Wales (3) |
| LLYN | ___ Peninsula, AONB in north Wales (4) |
| EASTDEVON | ___ ___ AONB includes Honiton and Sidmouth (4,5) |
| DOWNS | Kent ___, AONB (5) |
| POWER | The Lord Of The Rings: The Rings Of _, new prequel drama based on the works of Tolkien (5) |
| GYGES | Ring of ___ (mythological Greek artifact that rendered its wearer invisible) |
