all answers are Bitish town names: 1) a nimbus identifies it (8) 2) stumped at a tea party (6) 3) Eliza told it to get a move on (5) 4) Dull brown but secure(9) 5) Georges place, I lie not(10) 6) Char the griddle cake (11) 7) James needed it to speak(8) 8) Reader, she did marry him (9) 9) Split the earth(10) 10) Cut the spanner(8) 11) They do at house corners(8) 12) Sounds like an opening ruler(7) 13) What the van or ruler does(5)