| PETWORTH | Town in the Chichester District of West Sussex whose 17th-century stately home has grounds designed by Capability Brown |
| COWDRAY | 16,500-acre country estate in Midhurst, West Sussex whose polo club hosts the annual Gold Cup (7) |
| URFE | Honore d'-; author whose 17th-century pastoral L'Astree is considered the first French novel (4) |
| LEONARDBERNSTEIN | US conductor-composer who wrote the Chichester Psalms and the Jeremiah Symphony (7,9) |
| PAVANE | 16th century stately court dance |
| ADUR | Local government district of West Sussex created in 1974 (4) |
| SALTRAM | Plymouth stately home has new alarms fitted round top of tower (7) |
| LOVESEAT | See very English stately home has rare furniture item |
| GARDEN | Ground designed by Rosemary Verey or Vita Sackville-West, for example (6) |
| IOS | Software whose seventeenth version was released in September, 2023 |
| MOUND | ____ Stand, viewing area at Lord's cricket ground designed by Frank Verity (5) |
| HASTINGS | Seaside town and Cinque Port in East Sussex whose history, including its now-ruined Norman motte and bailey castle established by William the Conqueror in 1066, is stitched into the very fabric of the |
| NOTTINGHILL | District of West London, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea (7,4) |
| ADAMMOLEYNS | Bishop of Chichester, 1445-1450, who had been clerk of the ruling council of the Regent during the minority of Henry VI of England |
| CHICHESTER | The county town of West Sussex and its only city (10) |
| GARDENCENTRE | Has grounds at the heart of things for picking up Daisy and Heather (6,6) |
| FISHBOURNE | Village west of Chichester in West Sussex noted for its Roman Palace, a major archaeological site |
| SUSSEX | West ---, county of southeast England, the county town of which is Chichester (6) |
| WEALDEN | District in East Sussex whose administrative centre is Hailsham (7) |
| THEMERMAIDINN | Black and white timber-framed hotel in Rye, East Sussex, whose cellars date from 1156 |
