| ORIENT | Traditional word for the East (6) |
| UNDERWORLD | Traditional word for the land of the dead that lies beneath the earth, or a term denoting criminal gangs and the people involved in them |
| BARDWELL | Inner southern suburb, beginning with a traditional word for a poet (8,4) |
| PARK | Inner southern suburb, beginning with a traditional word for a poet (8,4) |
| ANGLIA | ITV franchise holder for the East of England, responsible for the TV programme Sale of the Century |
| TITFER | Bowler, perhaps,for the East Enders (6) |
| ESTEEM | High regard for the East meets with a setback (6) |
| ETHANE | Fuel for the East Anglian lord (6) |
| ZEALOT | One with enthusiasm and love for the East End? (6) |
| DIRECTION | About extending speech for the East, for example (9) |
| EPITHET | A descriptive term for the East of the pit (7) |
| BREAKALEG | Traditional words before play interrupt each session (5,1,3) |
| PASTURESTREET | Location of a level crossing in Grimsby, where a terminus for the East Lincolnshire Railway was originally planned in 1846 (7. 6) |
| PERSEPOLIS | Old city intrinsically like Warsaw, except for the east end |
| CONCERTO | Some music concrete, perhaps, having nothing for the East (8) |
| KELP | Seaweed to keep left in for the East once (4) |
| AIR | Wills is a pilot for the East Anglian ___ Ambulance |
| LOFTY | Haughty Trot perhaps with love for the East |
| TEACH | Train heads for the east and comes home (5) |
| GONDOLA | Slow boat departed with mixed load for the east |
