| SHERBORNE | Public school in Dorset (9) |
| ASSORTED | The three leading primary schools in Dorset are all surprisingly different from each other (8) |
| DETONATED | Blew up public school in old-fashioned surroundings (9) |
| HARROWING | Public school in Germany - initially distressing |
| PENINSULA | A near island extending from a mainland such as the Isle of Purbeck in Dorset, the Lizard or Roseland in Cornwall, Furness in Cumbria or the Llyn or the Gower in Wales (9) |
| PLIOSAURS | Mega-predators of the Jurassic sea; a 155-million-year-old fossilised skull of which was found in Dorset in 2009 (9) |
| CHARMOUTH | Spell out "Hindhead" in Dorset (9) |
| STEVEDORE | A girl in Dorset going out with a docker (9) |
| SANDBANKS | Neighbourhood of Poole in Dorset noted for its beach and affluent homes (9) |
| LYMEREGIS | Coastal town in Dorset |
| TUDORROSE | Design of house in Dorset our failing |
| ROGUEMALE | 1939 novel by Geoffrey Household set in Dorset (5,4) |
| LONGBREDY | We need to find a lodger by the beginning of November, when we are moving to a village in Dorset (4,5) |
| CHARTERHOUSE | Public school in Surrey founded in London in 1611 (12) |
| ETON | --- College, public school in Berkshire, founded in 1440 (4) |
| ETONCOLLEGE | Public school in Berkshire, founded in 1440 (4,7) |
| LANCING | Public school in West Sussex founded in 1848 (7) |
| HARROW | Boy's public school in Northwest London founded by local farmer John Lyon in 1572 (6) |
| DAISY | ___ Bates, US journalist and civil rights activist, known mostly for her role in the integration of public schools in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1957 (5) |
| DETONATE | Set off from public school in time |
