| WESTMORLAND | A county of North West England until 1974, now part of Cumbria (11) |
| CUMBERLAND | Former county of NW England now part of Cumbria (10) |
| LANCASHIRE | A county of North West England, on the Irish Sea (10) |
| LENIN | Soviet nuclear-powered icebreaker, awarded the Order of ____ in 1974, now a museum ship |
| GWYNEDD | A county of North West Wales, location of much of Snowdonia National Park (7) |
| OSPREYS | Birds that were extinct in England until the middle of the 20th century that are now visiting Norfolk whilst on migration to Africa (7) |
| LOLITA | 1955 novel by Vladimir Nabokov banned in England until 1959 (6) |
| ALECBEDSER | Eric's identical twin with 236 Test wickets for England until 1955 (4,6) |
| TYNEANDWEAR | A metropolitan county of North East England (4,3,4) |
| CUMBRIA | County of North West England, the county town of which is Carlisle (7) |
| SCAFELLPIKE | Growth of flowers round tearoom overlooking lakes, a feature of Cumbria |
| SOLWAYFIRTH | An inlet of the Irish Sea between South West Scotland and North West England (6,5) |
| DARESSALAAM | Seaport and, until 1974, capital of Tanzania (3-2-6) |
| GREATERMANCHESTER | Metropolitan county of north-west England (7,10) |
| NORTHRIDING | Administrative division of Yorkshire until 1974 (5,6) |
| EMPIRESTATE | World's tallest building until 1974, the ... Building (6,5) |
| MANWEB | Regional electricity supplier for part of north-west England and North Wales (6) |
| LIVERPOOL | City of north-west England named European Capital of Culture in 2008 (9) |
| LSLOWRY | Artist famous for painting scenes of life in the industrial districts of North West England (1,1,5) |
| MIDDLESEX | Which former county of north-west London was abolished in 1965? (9) |
