All answers are U.K. towns , villages hamlets except N . Ireland
Q 1, Conservative almost covered a short distance (10)
Q 2, Place of aggression, perhaps not Barrow's last? (10)
Q 3, Golden performance starts in finale (6,3)
No they are not. There are 54 in all.
E.G. County swapping one unknown for another (6) My answer CUXTON
First Lady's danish prince not allowed (7) My Answer EVESHAM
Call on leadings not endings (5)
My Answer COLNE
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