| TINTAGEL | Cornish castle where King Arthur was born, according to legend (8) |
| CAIN | First human born, according to the Bible |
| CARISBROOKE | Castle where king Charles I was held until his execution in 1649 (11) |
| HEVER | English castle where King Henry VIII courted Anne Boleyn (5) |
| PEMBROKE | Welsh town, home to a castle where Henry Tudor was born in 1457 that was later besieged during Charles I's reign by Oliver Cromwell's troops in 1648 (8) |
| MONMOUTH | Welsh town, site of a castle where Henry V was born in 1386 (8) |
| K | Where King Arthur was conveyed for his wounds to be healed |
| AVALON | In Arthurian legend, the island where King Arthur was taken after being mortally wounded (6) |
| BERKELEY | Gloucestershire town with a castle where Edward II was killed in 1327 (8) |
| SULLIVAN | Which Arthur was the music-writing partner of WS Gilbert? (8) |
| GAWAIN | In Arthurian legend, which nephew of King Arthur was a knight of the Round Table? (6) |
| HERSTMONCEUX | East Sussex castle where the Royal Observatory was housed from 1957 to 1988 (12) |
| GLAMIS | Scottish Castle where Princess Margaret was born in 1930 (6) |
| FOTHERINGHAY | Former Northamptonshire castle where Richard III was born |
| CAMELOT | Legendary castled city where King Arthur held court at the Round Table (7) |
| PEMBROKESHIRE | Welsh county, location of Tenby, St Davids, Freshwater West and a castle where Henry VII was born (13) |
| WINDSOR | King Charles' royal house - or the castle where he sometimes stays (7) |
| STREEP | Noted student of actress Jean Arthur when Arthur was a teacher at Vassar |
| LEVEN | Loch near Kinross with a now ruined castle where Mary, Queen of Scots was imprisoned in 1567 (5) |
| TALLAROOK | Lofty gets a castle where things are crook! (9) |
