| AGERANGE | Span of years, including end of life in a country house |
| ALTHORP | Ancestral Northamptonshire seat of the Spencer family for some 500 years including its ninth earl, Charles, younger brother of Diana, Princess of Wales (7) |
| MICHELANGELO | Master of Renaissance art whose largest "canvas", as commissioned by Pope Julius II, was the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, which he painted in biblical scenes over four years, including The Creation |
| SCHUBERT | Composer of some 1000 pieces in his 31 years including Trout Quintet, Winter Journey and over 600 lieder (8) |
| SCULLERY | Derived from Latin meaning "wooden platter", a room attached to a kitchen in a country house for wet work including cleaning and preparing food and washing pots (8) |
| REALISTS | They take a practical view of Israel's transformation, including end of settlement (8) |
| DACHA | Duke having a tea in a country house |
| HAYFEVER | Sir Noel Coward's play set in a country house in Cookham (3,5) |
| PEDAL | Part of cycle (Ring) including end of Siegfried |
| SCORPION | Creature's poison spreads around top of calf including end of femur (8) |
| SHREW | Comedy by Shakespeare, set partly in Padua and partly in a country house (3,6,2,3,5) |
| THETAMINGOFTHE | Comedy by Shakespeare, set partly in Padua and partly in a country house (3,6,2,3,5) |
| AGENTORANGE | Nasty American stripper introducing false note in a country house |
| ARCADIA | Tom Stoppard play set in a country house |
| SOJOURN | Temporary stay, like in a country house |
| HEREDITARY | Present journal, including end of manuscript passed on |
| SHRANK | Leg, including end of femur, became smaller (6) |
| UNDEAD | Last sign of life in a French governor like a zombie? (6) |
| COTTAGER | One who lives in a country home |
| ANURAG | Director of 'Life In A Metro' and 'Metro In Dino' where Konkona Sensharma worked with Irrfan Khan.(First Name) (6) |
