| HAAST | Small town in the Westland District (5) |
| HOKITIKA | Largest town in the Westland district (8) |
| BRORA | Small town in the Highlands (pop 1,200), the site of what used to be the most northerly coalmine in the UK (5) |
| KEITH | Small town in the north-east (pop about 5,000), dating from the late 12th centurey (5) |
| ALARO | Small town in the Raiguer district of Mallorca known for its ancient castle and summer festival in honour of its patron saint Sant Roc (5) |
| ASCOT | Small town in the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead (5) |
| FLEET | Gatehouse of ___ , small town in the south west (pop about 1,000) (5) |
| ROYAL | Small town in Wiltshire, recognised for its role in military funeral repatriations in the 21st Century (5,7,7) |
| ALFORD | Small town in the north-east (pop about 2,000), the site of a Royalist victory in 1645 (6) |
| GRETNA | Small town in the south-west (pop about 3,000), near the site of the Battle of Sark (1448) |
| CROMARTY | Small town in the Highlands, the birthplace of Hugh Miller (8) |
| LONSDALE | Kirkby ___, small town in the South Lakeland district of Cumbria (8) |
| BRITTAN | Leon ******* politician who resigned over the Westland Affair in 1986 (7) |
| UPTON | -- -upon-Severn, small town in Malvern Hills District of Worcestershire (5) |
| CRAIL | Small town in Fife, created a royal burgh in 1178 (5) |
| BALLATER | Small town in the north-east (pop about 1,500), on the River Dee (8) |
| COLDSTREAM | Small town in the Borders (pop about 2,000), on the River Tweed (10) |
| MELROSE | Small town in the Borders (pop 2,500), with a ruined abbey founded in 1136 (7) |
| ANDOVER | Small town in the south of England (pop about 40,000), on the River Anton (7) |
| REIGATE | Small town in the south of England, on the London commuter belt (7) |
