| HARWELL | Site 12 miles south of Oxford, where the first atomic pile in England was created (7) |
| THEATER | New -------, Oxford, where the drama A Case For Inspector Morse was staged (7) |
| THEATRE | New -------, Oxford, where the drama A Case For Inspector Morse was staged (7) |
| FERMI | He oversaw the construction of the first atomic pile |
| MEMPHIS | Ancient Egyptian city around 12 miles south of Giza |
| COWLEY | Area of Oxford where Morris Motors was originally founded |
| REDDITCH | Town in Worcestershire, 12 miles south of Birmingham, known for needles, fishing tackle, etc. (8) |
| LOCHBOISDALE | Body of water by French wood beside glen in island site (12) |
| DRAUGHTBOARD | Endlessly windy poet's taking over competition site (12) |
| ORLY | French airport twelve miles south of Paris (4) |
| LABORATORIES | Dogs guard speaker - in other words, follow - at testing sites (12) |
| DEPOSITORIES | I posed for fun by politicians in storage sites (12) |
| ERIKSEN | Christian, midfielder whose first club in England was Tottenham Hotspur (7) |
| REACTOR | But of course the Creator made the atomic pile! (7) |
| EDWARDV | Which king of England was imprisoned with his brother in the Tower of London and never seen again? (6,1) |
| NORMANS | England was colonised by them following the Battle of Hastings in 1066 |
| RICHARD | Which king of England was known as the Lion-heart (7) |
| DEJONGH | Nicholas ___, former theatre critic whose first play, Plague Over England, was staged in 2008 (2,5) |
| LOSALAMOS | Town in New Mexico, US, where the first atomic bomb was developed |
| OTERO | New Mexico county where the first atomic bomb was exploded |
