| KING | The location of the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (4,7,6) |
| CHARLES | The location of the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (4,7,6) |
| STREET | The location of the UK's Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (4,7,6) |
| STATEDEPARTMENT | U.S. body that is equivalent to the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (5,10) |
| LAMMY | David __ MP, Shadow Secretary of State for foreign, commonwealth and development affairs (5) |
| COWES | Isle of Wight seaport town which is the location of the UK's Royal Yacht Squadron |
| OXFORD | Location of the UK's octagonal 4 of the Winds (6) |
| VINESH | Who became the first Indian woman wrestler to win gold in both the Commonwealth & the Asian Games but was disqualified from participating in the final of the Paris Olympics, due to overweight? (6) |
| WELLS | One of the UK's smallest cities; or, the author of The Time Machine, The Invisible Man and The War of the Worlds (5) |
| PALATINE | One of Rome's seven hills, known in legend as the location of the cave where the she-wolf suckled Romulus and Remus (8) |
| PORTISHEAD | Coastal town in North Somerset on the Severn Estuary that is the location of the headquarters of Avon and Somerset Constabulary |
| JAVA | An island of Indonesia south of Borneo and the location of the country's capital (4) |
| TURKESTAN | Asian region, the location of the Underground Mosque and the Mausoleum of Khoja Ahmed Yasawi (9) |
| COLERAINE | Town on the River Bann which is the location of the University of Ulster (9) |
| QUAI | The location of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (4,6) |
| DORSAY | The location of the French Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs (4,6) |
| CHEPSTOW | Town in Monmouthshire on the River Wye, the location of the racecourse that hosts the Welsh Grand National (8) |
| CARDIGAN | One of the two garments forming a twinset; or, a market town in Ceredigion whose castle was the location of the first eisteddfod (8) |
| LYCEUM | A gymnasium in Athens that was the location of the peripatetic school of Aristotle |
| CRETE | Where a bit of secret exploration reveals the location of the Minoans (5) |
