| STEALAWAY | Sneak off but stop around back of castle in the style of William the First (5,4) |
| HARTNELL | Surname of William, the first actor to play Doctor Who in 1963 (8) |
| UPKEEP | Maintenance of castle in the air? (6) |
| PEEK | Take a look at back of castle tower (4) |
| ESCAPISM | Dream of castles in the air (8) |
| KEEPATBAY | Prevent approach from part of castle in coastal feature? (4,2,3) |
| STEAMPUNK | Aesthetic seen in the 1986 Hayao Miyazaki film "Castle in the Sky" |
| HERBALTEA | Stop around middle of Derby, mainly to have food and drink (6,3) |
| INNKEEPER | Publican has part of castle in more central surroundings |
| BREAKNECK | Super-quick snog, but stop working first (9) |
| NEWFOREST | One of William the Conqueror's hunting grounds; a National Park since 2005 (3,6) |
| RENOVATED | Made new turning stop around bard's home (9) |
| SLIPSAWAY | *Sneaks off (In this answer, note letters 7-4) |
| DREAMHOME | Englishman's castle in the air? (5,4) |
| AIRCASTLE | Castle in the air |
| PIPEDREAM | Castle in the sky |
| CELESTIAL | Terrible lie, castle in the sky (9) |
| DURHAM | City on the Wear, site of a castle constructed in 1072 under the orders of William the Conqueror and a cathedral containing the tomb of the Venerable Bede (6) |
| GLAMIS | Castle in the heart of Angus, ancestral seat of the Earls of Strathmore and Kinghorne since 1372, childhood home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother (6) |
| BLARNEY | --- stone, part of a wall in a castle in the Southwest Republic of Ireland, said to endow whoever kisses it with the 'gift of the gab' (7) |
