| YEOVIL | West Country town that has a folly called Jack the Treacle Eater (6) |
| CHESTERFIELD | Derbyshire town that has a church with a twisted spire (12) |
| NEWBURY | West Berkshire town that has a racecourse |
| STRANRAER | Scottish town that has a ferry link with Belfast (9) |
| GARDEN | Outdoor area for the cultivation of plants that features in its landscaped form an element such as a folly, grotto, eye-catcher, ha-ha or maze or a combination of such (6) |
| ALFRED | King of Wessex celebrated in a folly on the Stourhead estate in Wiltshire (6) |
| BRIDGE | Journalist stealing public money in West Country town, by 3 and 15 (6,4,8,5) |
| SEAMAN | Point to a chap called Jack (6) |
| RATING | About time I called Jack (6) |
| DUDLEY | Black Country town in the West Midlands housing a castle and zoo (6) |
| PODUNK | An imaginary dull, dated country town in the U.S. (6) |
| HAMLET | The Prince of Denmark is from a little country town |
| NENAGH | The way an ambulance goes, reportedly, in this country town! |
| COLLIE | Putting on the dog in NSW and WA country towns (6) |
| EFFECT | Power leads exploded from fire, eradicating country town |
| DAW | The district attorney is heading west with a bird called Jack (3) |
| WHITLEYBAY | North Tyneside seaside town that has absorbed the village of Monkseaton (7,3) |
| BOOMTOWN | A town that has grown rapidly or is enjoying sudden prosperity (4,4) |
| ONEHORSE | How might one label a small town that has few and poor facilities? (3-5) |
| WAIPU | Northland town that has held a Highland games at New Years for 150 years (5) |
