| CREW | Ship's company in railway town, say (4) |
| FRAY | First piece of furniture, article in railway, gets to become threadbare (4) |
| RELY | Front of engine stuck in railway bank |
| VOI | Kenya railway town the largest town in Taita ,Taveta Coast Province |
| ACCRUE | Build up a ship's company in speech |
| CREWE | Major railway town in Cheshire (5) |
| EASTLEIGH | Town near Southampton developed as a railway town (9) |
| OSWESTRY | Very big direction of railway town in England (8) |
| SWINDON | Railway town in south-west England (7) |
| IOWA | State's big town, say, not welcoming outsiders (4) |
| HOICK | Pull in Scottish Borders town, say |
| WEIGHBRIDGE | On which vehicles are assessed in a Surrey town, say |
| ACT | Spend time in "Our Town," say |
| SECRET | Most of ship's company in group that's kept hidden (6) |
| STOCKTONONTEES | First steam railway town? No contest - Stoke, surprisingly |
| DIDCOT | Oxfordshire railway town, the site of noted power stations (6) |
| MELVILLE | Saskatchewan railway town |
| PLASTIC | Popular credit card, it's turning up in town, say, mostly (7) |
| STUTTERER | One struggles with delivery vans in small town, say, on turning up (9) |
| EGHAM | Surrey town, say, served with 18 (5) |