| ORLEIGH | and 26dn, Manor house in Buckland Brewer north Devon; birthplace of explorer John Hanning Speke |
| COURT | Manor house in Buckland Brewer, north Devon; birthplace of explorer John Hanning Speke (7,5) |
| ORLEIGHCOURT | Manor house in Buckland Brewer, north Devon; birthplace of explorer John Hanning Speke |
| BARNSTAPLE | Market town in North Devon; birthplace of playwright John Gay (10) |
| LAKEVICTORIA | John Hanning Speke was the first European to see this body of water, in 1858 (4,8) |
| TORQUAY | Resort in South Devon; birthplace of writer Agatha Christie and comedian Peter Cook (7) |
| BLANTYRE | Village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland; birthplace of explorer David Livingstone (8) |
| ARABIA | and 26dn, Country formerly known as the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd |
| NELL | And 26dn Orange-seller who was mistress of King Charles II (4, 4) (4) |
| MAR | and 26dn, Planet hardly expressing content of a boggy nature (6) |
| ROMANVILLA | Sort of manor house in ancient times (5,5) |
| CHATEAU | A country house, castle or manor house in France (7) |
| HOLDALL | Antique found in manor-house in large bag (7) |
| ODD | Strange characters picked up in Buckland Down (3) |
| BEEGEES | Wolterton Manor House, in East Barsham, was once owned by The ... manager Robert Stigwood (3, 4) |
| LYTESCARY | National Trust manor house in Somerset dating from the late 13th century (5,4) |
| COLDPLAY | English rock band formed in 1996 by Chris Martin and Jonny Buckland at University College London |
| VENICE | Birthplace of explorer Marco Polo (6) |
| GENOA | Birthplace of explorer Columbus (5) |
| NOTE | And 26dn Latin phrase meaning mark well or take notice (4,4) |
