| BRIGG | Small Lincolnshire market town, birthplace of Dame Joan Plowright (5) |
| GRANTHAM | Lincolnshire market town; birthplace of Margaret Thatcher |
| WRAGBY | Small Lincolnshire town eight miles south of Market Rasen (6) |
| DENCH | One of the actresses in Nothing Like a Dame with Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins and Joan Plowright (5) |
| LOUTH | Irish county - Lincolnshire market town (5) |
| ARRAS | Medieval French tapestry town, birthplace of Maximilien Robespierre (5) |
| OTLEY | West Yorkshire town; birthplace of Thomas Chippendale (5) |
| RUGBYENGLAND | Market-town birthplace of a style of football |
| WANTAGE | Oxfordshire market town, birthplace of Alfred the Great |
| THETFORD | Norfolk market town, birthplace of Thomas Paine (8) |
| COLBY | Dame Joan Collins' role in Dynasty, Alexis ----- (5) |
| NOTRE | 1996 Disney film, The Hunchback of ----- Dame (5) |
| HINGE | Comedy partner of Dame Hilda Bracket, Dr Evadne ----- (5) |
| PEACH | Favourite fruit dessert of Dame Nellie Melba, '___ Melba" (5) |
| LILAC | Colour of Dame Edna Everage's hair (5) |
| STAMFORD | Burghley House is near to this Lincolnshire market town |
| SPILSBY | Historic Lincolnshire market town - P.S. Sybil upset (7) |
| KETTERING | Northamptonshire town, birthplace of the comedian Hugh Dennis (9) |
| BOOTLE | Merseyside town, birthplace of comedian Tom O'Connor (6) |
| PEMBROKE | Welsh town, birthplace of Henry VII (8) |
