| FIVETOWNS | Arnold Bennett's name for Burslem, Hanley, Longton, Stoke and Tunstall in the Potteries collectively (4,5) |
| STOKEUPONTRENT | The town missing from this list: Burslem, Hanley, Fenton, Longton, Tunstall |
| STOKE | Where in the Potteries one may feed the flames (5) |
| ARNOLD | First name of an author who wrote novels set in the Potteries (6) |
| ANNACARTERET | Actress best known for playing police inspector Kate Longton in the TV series Juliet Bravo (4,8) |
| LONGTON | No short weight from town in the Potteries |
| STOKEONTRENT | City in The Potteries |
| ETRURIA | Factory established in the Potteries by Josiah Wedgwood (7) |
| STROKE | Pet initially reared in the Potteries? |
| CALE | Port -..., Football League Two team based in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent (4) |
| NUT | 2022 album by Scottish singer- songwriter KT Tunstall, the third and final in her 'souL body and mind' trilogy (3) |
| HILDALESSWAYS | Wife of Edwin Clayhanger in Arnold Bennett's novel Clayhanger (5,8) |
| LESSWAYS | Hilda ___, Edwin's eventual wife in Arnold Bennett's Clayhanger (8) |
| BODEREK | Actress whose roles include Jenny Hanley in the film 10 (2,5) |
| DEREK | Bo, actress whose roles include Jenny Hanley in the film 10 (5) |
| ELLERY | _ _ _ _ _ _ Hanley, English former rugby league player for Bradford Northern and Wigan (6) |
| CHERRYTREE | Song by KT Tunstall 'Black Horse and the -' (6,4) |
| TELESCOPE | Eye To The ____, debut studio album by KT Tunstall, released in 2004 (9) |
| EARTHENWARE | Near the NW area's constituents - or the Potteries? (11) |
| THEFIVETOWNS | Arnold Bennett's Potteries |
