| GOVAN | Area of Glasgow formerly associated with the weaving, coal and shipbuilding industries |
| THEGORBALS | A district of Glasgow, formerly known for its slums (3,7) |
| EARLS | London exhibition hall formerly associated with the Royal Tournament (5,5) |
| YOKER | Area of Glasgow linked to Renfrew by a ferry (5) |
| CORBY | New town in Northamptonshire formerly associated with the steel industry (5) |
| SLASK | A region of central Europe rich in deposits of coal and iron ore. |
| ESSEN | German city, once a centre for coal and steel, winner of the 2017 European Green Capital Award |
| SATAY | Indonesian dish of strips of marinated meat or seafood cooked on skewers over coals and served with |
| FUELS | Fans of coal and oil (5) |
| VALE | And 20D. Town in Blaenau Gwent, Wales, formerly associated with the steel and coal industries (4,4) |
| KERKRADE | City in the Netherlands on the German border formerly associated with the coal-mining industry (8) |
| EBBWVALE | Town in Blaenau Gwent, Wales formerly associated with the steel and coal industries (4,4) |
| SAINTCLOUD | Residential western suburb of Paris formerly associated with the porcelain industry (5-5) |
| EBBW | & 23A Town in Blaenau Gwent, Wales, formerly associated with the steel and coal industries (4,4) |
| MERCHANTCITY | Area of Glasgow once home to the tobacco lords and their warehouses (8,4) |
| STALYBRIDGE | Town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester formerly associated with the textil |
| TINPAN | District of Manhattan, New York, formerly associated with the popular music industry (3,3,5) |
| CREMONA | Italian city on the Po formerly associated with the manufacture of violins (7) |
| ABERDARE | Town in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, southwest of Merthyr Tydfil formerly associated with the coal industry (8) |
| SOOT | Black substance rising in fine flakes in the smoke of wood, coal and deposited on the sides of the chimney |
