| LUDLOW | Town in Shropshire, site of a castle founded by Walter de Lacy (6) |
| ATCHAM | Village in Shropshire, site of Attingham Park with its vast collection of Regency furniture and its John Nash picture gallery (6) |
| ARUNDEL | West Sussex location of the castle founded by Roger de Montgomery in 1067 (7) |
| DURHAM | City on the Wear, site of a castle constructed in 1072 under the orders of William the Conqueror and a cathedral containing the tomb of the Venerable Bede (6) |
| FORFAR | County town of Angus, once site of a castle associated with Malcolm III, Canmore King of Scotland (6 |
| LAMARE | Poet Walter de ___ |
| STIRLING | Scottish city, site of a castle that was the childhood home of Mary, Queen of Scots (8) |
| MONMOUTH | Welsh town, site of a castle where Henry V was born in 1386 (8) |
| LISTENERS | The ?, 1912 volume of verse by Walter de la Mare (9) |
| THELISTENERS | 1912 volume of poetry by Walter de la Mare (3,9) |
| TELFORD | A town in Shropshire, designated a new town in 1963 (7) |
| GROLIER | Former American publisher of general encyclopedias, founded by Walter M. Jackson (7) |
| BAUHAUS | School of art and design founded by Walter Gropius |
| MOTTE | Mound forming the site of a castle - strange totem (5) |
| COALPORT | Town in Shropshire on the River Severn associated with a type of porcelain |
| HARLECH | Welsh seaside resort on Tremadog Bay noted for its castle founded in 1283 (7) |
| TVGUIDE | Weekly founded by Walter Annenberg |
| OSWESTRY | The largest market town in Shropshire, close to the Welsh border |
| AMARANTH | Poetic imaginary flower that never fades, as in Walter de la Mare's All That's Past (8) |
| DIRT | Medium for Walter De Maria's 1977 installation "The New York Earth Room" |
