| ORRELL | Rugby union club based in Wigan whose nickname is The Anvils (6) |
| GRETNA | Its football team are nicknamed The Anvils (6) |
| LANGENMOTORCYCLES | 2lst century manufacturer based in Wigan, creator of the Lightspeed. (6.11) |
| CHORLEY | Market town in Lancashire, 8 miles north of Wigan, whose wealth came principally from the cotton industry |
| EXETER | ___ City, football team whose nickname is 'the Grecians' (6) |
| FORMBY | George, English actor and comedian born in Wigan in 1904 noted for playing the ukulele (6) |
| BURLEY | Kay, English broadcaster born in Wigan in 1960 (6) |
| NORMAN | You'll find him in Wigan or Manchester (6) |
| TEDRAY | British comedian born Charles Olden in Wigan in 1905 (3,3) |
| GALA | Rugby union club based in the Scottish Borders nicknamed The Maroons (4) |
| VAINLY | Uselessly moving the anvil to the rear of the smithy (6) |
| WASPS | Aviva Premiership rugby union club based in Coventry (5) |
| SARACENS | _ FC, rugby union club based in London (8) |
| SALE | Rugby union club based in Greater Manchester, _ Sharks (4) |
| ACTTWO | When the Anvil Chorus is heard |
| STOKE | English football club, founded in 1863, whose nickname is The Potters (5) |
| LONDONWELSH | Rugby union club based at Old Deer Park, Richmond (6,5) |
| CLANGS | The anvil chorus. |
| JEANCLAUDEVAN | Belgian martial artist and actor, whose nickname is The Muscles from Brussels (4,6,3,5) |
| ANNE | First name of The Chase's Ms Hegerty whose nickname is The Governess (4) |
