| CORBY | Town in Northamptonshire (5) |
| RUSHDEN | Town in Northamptonshire, or village in Hertfordshire (7) |
| KETTERING | Town in Northamptonshire, or city in Ohio (9) |
| RAUNDS | Runs ad about small town in Northamptonshire (6) |
| DAVENTRY | Town in Northamptonshire (8) |
| TOWCESTER | Market town in Northamptonshire noted for its former horse racing course (9) |
| THORP | Old word for a hamlet or village that survives in the name of places including Earl Spencer's ancestral estate in Northamptonshire (5) |
| AYNHO | Railway junction in Northamptonshire (5) |
| BLEND | Lyveden New -, National Trust property in Northamptonshire (5) |
| HIRER | In Northamptonshire, rely on one who is taking on employees (5) |
| DIANA | Princess whose childhood home was Althorp House in Northamptonshire (5) |
| ROBIN | Bird starts to roost over border in Northamptonshire (5) |
| NASEBY | Village in Northamptonshire, site of a Parliamentarian victory in the English Civil War in 1645 (6) |
| RUSHTON | Speed 100mph in Northamptonshire town (7) |
| FOTHERINGHAY | ___ Castle, fortress in Northamptonshire where Mary, Queen of Scots was executed in 1587 (12) |
| PAVENTRY | District in Northamptonshire hosting the grand depart of the OVO Energy Women's Tour in June; site of Charles Spencer's home Althorp (8) |
| GRANDJUNCTION | Canal that once linked Braunston in Northamptonshire to the Thames near Oxford (5,8) |
| TRIANGULARLODGE | English Heritage property near Rushton in Northamptonshire (10,5) |
| WELLINGBOROUGH | Market town and borough in Northamptonshire on the north side of the River Nene (14) |
| CONKERS | Game played with horse chestnuts whose annual world championships are held in Southwick in Northamptonshire (7) |
