| WANTAGE | Small town in south-east England (pop 11,000), the birthplace of Alfred the Great (7) |
| TONBRIDGE | Market town in south-east England (pop about 40,000), on the River Medway (9) |
| MELROSE | Small town in south-east Scotland; site of the ruins of a Cistercian abbey (7) |
| IVA | Small town in South Carolina |
| DANELAW | Part of England in the time of Alfred the Great |
| EDMUNDI | King of England from 939-946, grandson of Alfred the Great (6,1) |
| BEDFORD | A market town in south-east central England, on the River Great Ouse (7) |
| ASHDOWN | AEthelred and a young Alfred the Great defeated the Danes at the battle of ___ in AD 871 (7) |
| EARLETS | A port and resort in South East England, at the mouth of the River Medway (9) |
| REDFLAG | Warning sign touched Alfred the Great in the head (3,4) |
| TIN | Metal "Sn", mentioned in the writings of Alfred the Great; or, a rectangular loaf of bread baked in a container of the same name (3) |
| ETHELRED | Name shared by the elder brother of Alfred the Great, and the 'Unready' half-brother of Edward the Martyr (8) |
| ROYALMINT | Government-owned company founded in London c. 886 in the time of Alfred the Great (5,4) |
| ATHELSTAN | Grandson of Alfred the Great who was the first acknowledged king of all England (925-39) (9) |
| CORNWELL | Author whose Saxon Stories including The Last Kingdom recount the life of Alfred the Great as told by Uhtred of Bebbanburg (8) |
| ELDER | Edward the -; son of Alfred the Great who was king of Wessex from 899-924 (5) |
| CHRONICLE | The Anglo-Saxon - - -, manuscript created during the reign of Alfred the Great (9) |
| ANGLO | _ -Saxon Chronicle, historical manuscript originally created during the reign of Alfred the Great (5) |
| DUNSTABLE | Market town in east England (pop 34,000, the site of a Roman settlement) (9) |
| CINQUEPORT | One of an association of coastal towns in South East England which formerly provided ships for the king's service (6,4) |
