| BEAMISH | Village in County Durham, home to an open-air museum (7) |
| ESCOMB | Village in County Durham on the River Wear, about 1.5 miles west of Bishop Auckland, that has one of the oldest Anglo-Saxon churches in England |
| EASINGTON | Tonnage is removed from village in County Durham (9) |
| CONSETT | Town in County Durham whose steelworks closed in 1980 (7) |
| ECHAPPE | Ballet movement in which the feet move from a closed (first, third or fifth) to an open (second or fourth) position; French, 'escaped' (7) |
| REGENTS | ___ Park, green space in central London that contains an open air theatre (7) |
| BONFIRE | Furlong is taken in by Rocky O'Brien producing The Inferno for an open-air audience (7) |
| WORKOUT | Prove successful in an open-air job? (4,3) |
| CRICKET | An open-air team game (7) |
| IRONBRIDGE | - Gorge, open-air museum in Shropshire |
| LUXOR | Egyptian city described as 'the world's greatest open-air museum' (5) |
| RABY | Castle in County Durham, built by the Nevills and later passed to the Vanes (4) |
| SOUTHSHIELDS | Port on the Tyne estuary, formerly in County Durham (5,7) |
| PETERLEE | A new town in County Durham, founded in 1948 (8) |
| HARTLEPOOL | Town in County Durham, England, on the North Sea south-east of Durham |
| AYCLIFFE | Home of Hitachi in County Durham (6, 8) |
| ACHILLSOUND | Gaeltacht village in County Mayo, Ireland, whose Gaelic name is Gob an Choire |
| STOCKTON | Market town in County Durham that was the destination of the first steam locomotive journey on a public railway, in 1825 (8) |
| SPENNYMOOR | Industrial town in County Durham NE of Bishop Auckland (10) |
| TONYBLAIR | British former prime minister who represented the seat of Sedgefield in County Durham (4,5) |
