Possible Clues:

• Cat straddling small horse — Shetland, perhaps
• Name of a place where Cruise, say, is about £25
• Champagne is one
• A place name
• Highest-ranking corporal finds love in Sevenoaks, say
• That’s surprising: no prize for recalling place name
• In Nine Elms, say, boy drops round sum of money
• Place name of common man, carrying £25 to a bookie