| EBORACUM | The Roman city of Morecambe, accepting you, say, but not me, sadly (8) |
| DRZHIVAGGO | Film character who says "I hate everything you say, but not enough to kill you for it" |
| SHOULDER | Quiet, more mature, say, accepting you assume responsibility |
| GURU | Mentor is finally accepting you for you (4) |
| DOYEN | Academic accepting you once as leading figure in field (5) |
| ISTANBUL | Turkish port formerly known as the Roman city of Constantinople (8) |
| ESOTERIC | Mysterious English boozer to the north of Morecambe (8) |
| HALOGENS | A group contributing to climate, but not me? (8) |
| GEOMETRY | Area of study grey to me sadly |
| WROXETER | Shropshire village, once a Roman city, near the northern end of Watling Street Roman road (8) |
| LJUBLJANA | Capital of Slovenia, founded as the Roman city of Emona in 35 BC (9) |
| REARMOST | Total, they say, but not all (4) |
| UNABATED | Girl tormented, say, but not diminished |
| CHESTER | The Roman city of Deva Victrix (7) |
| BEQUEATH | Leave beginning and ending off second novel, perhaps, set in Roman city |
| TONE | It's not what you say but how you say it |
| MUTTER | "Married," you say, but you don't say clearly (6) |
| SOREN | Archaeologist David who found the lost Roman city of Kourion |
| CAMULODUNUM | The Roman city which later became Colchester |
| ARNSIDE | Cumbrian village on the Kent estuary, in the northeast corner of Morecambe Bay |
