| ABBEYS | Woburn and Tintern, for example (6) |
| ABBEY | Bath or Tintern, for instance |
| WYE | River flowing through or past places including the "town of books" Hay, Symonds Yat and Tintern (3) |
| REPTON | Landscape designer who presented his proposals for gardens of country houses including Sheringham Hall and Woburn Abbey in watercolours (6) |
| VALLEY | Wye -; AONB on the border between England and Wales, site of Tintern Abbey, Goodrich Castle, Symonds Yat and "the town of books" (6) |
| SAFARIPARK | Longleat or Woburn, for example (6,4) |
| THREEGRACES | The ?, sculpture by Antonio Canova commissioned by the 6th Duke of Bedford for Woburn Abbey (5,6) |
| BEDFORDSHIRE | County in which one may visit Whipsnade Zoo and Woburn Abbey |
| SANDS | Woburn ___, station on the Bedford Bletchley line (5) |
| WILLIAMWORDSWORTH | English poet whose works include Lines Written above Tintern Abbey and The Prelude |
| INTER | Put to rest in Tintern Abbey (5) |
| NAB | Apprehend in Tintern Abbey |
| INTERNMENT | Tintern ruin holds soldiers in imprisonment (10) |
| CHEPSTOW | Town near Tintern Abbey (8) |
| BEDFORD | 15th Duke of -; title of Woburn Abbey owner Andrew Russell whose father featured in the series Country House (7) |
| WORN | Like well-used gun components on the outskirts of Woburn (4) |
| FEWMILES | How far above Tintern Abbey did Wordsworth compose his lines? (3,5) |
| FLANGE | Something in bakery turnover, for example, provides strength for those flat and on the edge (6) |
| BODEGA | Chap, for example, with a cellarful of wine for sale (6) |
| MEMOIR | Turns up somewhere for the Italians welcoming one Frenchman with The Life of Brian, for example (6) |