| AYLSHAM | Town, founded by Anglo Saxon thegn called Aegel, that was in modern times a founding town of the Cittaslow movement (7) |
| BLACKPOOL | Founding town of TVR (9) |
| OBSOLETE | Outdated honour only thegns originally accepted |
| BREMEN | Borgward's founding town (6) |
| CHEESE | An important person whose title comes from Persian for "thing"; or, a turophile's nibble of choice in the shape of a disc, truckle, wedge, wheel or, in modern times, a string (6) |
| CIRENCESTER | Gloucestershire market town founded by the Romans as Corinium Dobunorum, home of the UKs oldest polo club and the Royal Agricultural University (11) |
| LINCOLN | Town founded by the Romans as Lindum Colonia; the 16th US president; or, a shade of green (7) |
| DRAGOON | Originally a class of mounted infantry; in modern times a ceremonial mounted regiment (7) |
| COMMODE | A type of furniture resembling the English chest of drawers that was in use in France in the late 17th century |
| PORTELLEN | Islay town founded by Walter Campbell, laird of Islay, in 1821 and named after his wife (4,5) |
| BLENHEIM | Village in Germany, site of a 1704 victory by Anglo-Austrian forces over the French and the Bavarians (8) |
| AVID | In modern times, a girl is greedy |
| WITENAGEMOTS | Meetings of councils summoned by Anglo-Saxon kings, attended by nobles and bishops |
| SUNLIGHT | Which Port is a 19th-century new town founded by the Lever brothers? (8) |
| BATH | Spa town founded by the Romans as Aquae Sulis, once home to Jane Austen (4) |
| ARIZ | State for Snowflake, a town founded by Mormon pioneers E. Snow and W.J. Flake |
| FROST | David ---, TV host and journalist who presented the satirical show That Was The Week That Was in the 1960s (5) |
| STAY | The Kid Laroi & Justin Bieber hit that was in the top 10 for 44 weeks in the 2020s, second most of any song |
| OFFBASE | Book penned by Anglo-Saxon king connected with Kent area shows Uncle Sam's wrong (3,4) |
| SARAJEVO | Bosnia and Herzegovina city that was in a state of conflict at both ends of the last century |
