| DANELAW | Anglo-Saxon region of England (7) |
| ANGLIA | East ---, region of England consisting of Norfolk, Suffolk and parts of Essex and Cambridgeshire (6) |
| EASTANGLIA | Region of England south of the Wash (4,6) |
| ELY | Isle of ___ (historic region of England) |
| LAKES | The -; common name of a mountainous region of England associated with poets including William Wordsw |
| WESTCOUNTRY | Region of England with local specialties including scones, Bath buns, clotted cream, Scrumpy cider, pasties, Cheddar cheese and stargazy pies (4,7) |
| BROADS | Area of lakes connected by rivers in Norfolk region of England; slang name for women (6) |
| ESSEX | Historically notable region of England |
| CLEVELAND | Region of England, cold, and lat besides (9) |
| SUSSEX | Former region of England: South American goes over it |
| HOMECOUNTIES | Infirm relatives abandoning a region of England (4,8) |
| COUNTY | Region of England possibly missing Queen (6) |
| SHROPSHIRE | Region of England where treacherous shore has trapped wrecked ship, right? |
| CORNWALL | Gosh! North-west is linked to entire south-west region of England |
| EAST | Again, tales are rewritten about a region of England (4,6) |
| WEALD | The ___, a region of England between the North and South Downs |
| THISTLE | Plant from which the goldfinch derived its Anglo Saxon name because of its love of the seeds which is a national symbol of Scotland (7) |
| TOLKIEN | Professor of Anglo-Saxon and English Language and Literature who became one of Britain's greatest authors (7) |
| STENTON | Sir Frank ___, historian of Anglo-Saxon England |
| SWITHIN | Anglo-Saxon bishop of Winchester (7) |
