| RUTLAND | Small county in the East Midlands of England (147 sq miles; pop 40,000) (7) |
| CHARTRES | City in north central France (pop 40,000), with a large Gothic cathedral completed in 1220 (8) |
| RAMSGATE | Seaside town in east Kent (pop 40,000), a former fishing village (8) |
| NORFOLK | County in the east of England, home to Sandringham House and much of the Broads (7) |
| LINCOLN | Cathedral city in the East Midlands; a shade of green; or, the 16th US president (7) |
| WALSALL | Industrial town in the west Midlands of England (7) |
| ANDOVER | Small town in the south of England (pop about 40,000), on the River Anton (7) |
| BARSTON | Village in the West Midlands of the UK |
| SNOOKER | The highest possible break in this sport consists of 147 points. (7) |
| LIBERIA | West African country (about 40,000 sq miles; pop 4.5 million), independent since 1847 (7) |
| MAXIMUM | A break of 147 points in snooker (7) |
| STEVENS | 1980 and 1984 World Snooker Championship semi-finalist who made a 147 maximum break in the 1984 Benson & Hedges Masters (7) |
| CORINTH | Seaport and industrial city in southern Greece (pop about 40,000) (7) |
| STAFFORD | County town in the West Midlands of England (pop 70,000), founded around 700 AD (8) |
| LUDLOW | Small market town in the West Midlands of England (pop about 10,000) (6) |
| YORKERS | Balls queen held in small county |
| RANCHES | Cattle farms organised by small county (7) |
| DERBY | Cathedral city in the East Midlands on the banks of the River Derwent (5) |
| AIRBEDS | Melody on small county inflatables (3,4) |
| SOAR | Major tributary of the River Trent in the East Midlands (4) |
