| EBBW | And 23 Across Town in Blaenau Gwent, Wales, formerly associated with the steel and coal industries (4,4) |
| NINTH | Festive day with ladies dancing across town in thermals |
| DERRY | Fictional 1-Across town in "It" |
| VALE | And 20D. Town in Blaenau Gwent, Wales, formerly associated with the steel and coal industries (4,4) |
| EBBWVALE | Town in Blaenau Gwent, Wales formerly associated with the steel and coal industries (4,4) |
| GOVAN | Area of Glasgow formerly associated with the weaving, coal and shipbuilding industries |
| KERKRADE | City in the Netherlands on the German border formerly associated with the coal-mining industry (8) |
| ABERDARE | Town in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, southwest of Merthyr Tydfil formerly associated with the coal industry (8) |
| CORBY | New town in Northamptonshire formerly associated with the steel industry (5) |
| STALYBRIDGE | Town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester formerly associated with the textil |
| REDRUTH | Town in Cornwall northeast of Camborne formerly associated with the copper-mining industry (7) |
| REDDITCH | New Town in Worcestershire formerly associated with the Enfield Cycle Co Ltd (8) |
| BILBAO | Spanish port on the Bay of Biscay associated with the steel industry |
| AIRDRIE | North Lanarkshire burgh since 1821 which formerly boasted important iron and coal industries (7) |
| TINPAN | and 21dn, District of Manhattan, New York, formerly associated with the popular music industry (3,3,5) |
| TILBURG | University city in North Brabant, Netherlands formerly associated with the woollen industry (7) |
| AMARILLO | US city in NW Texas formerly associated with the helium industry (8) |
| CREMONA | Italian city on the Po formerly associated with the manufacture of violins (7) |
| LODZ | City in central Poland formerly associated with the textile industry |
| SAINTCLOUD | Residential western suburb of Paris formerly associated with the porcelain industry (5-5) |
