| HOBOKEN | City in Belgium on the River Scheldt associated with the shipbuilding industry (7) |
| LIEGE | Industrial city in Belgium on the River Meuse (5) |
| ANTWERP | Port in Belgium, on the River Scheldt (7) |
| CAMBRAI | French town on the River Scheldt, scene of a battle in the First World War in which massed tanks were first used (7) |
| TOURNAI | Belgian city on the River Scheldt, 53 miles south-west of Brussels (7) |
| CHARLEROI | Town in Belgium on the River Sambre associated with the coal industry (9) |
| ELBLAG | Port in N Poland associated with the shipbuilding industry (6) |
| BRAILLE | Bar close to Lommel in Belgium - on paper, one can read a lot into it with feeling (7) |
| GLASGOW | Large Scottish city once renowned for its shipbuilding industry |
| OSTEND | Port and resort in Belgium on the North Sea |
| ANVERS | Belgian city on the river Scheldt, as written in French |
| LUXEMBOURG | Capital of the same-named tiny country bordered by Belgium on the west and north, France on the south, and Germany on the northeast and east (10) |
| GHENT | Capital of the province of East Flanders in NE Belgium, at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys (5) |
| SELBY | Inland port in North Yorkshire, on the River Ouse, that once had a large shipbuilding industry (5) |
| BEHEAD | Cut off from body in Belgium on top of everything else (6) |
| MONS | Battle in Belgium on Sunday (4) |
| BLADE | Young boy in Belgium on cutting edge |
| WELDER | Worker employed in shipbuilding industry (6) |
| BEEF | Complaint from Belgium on raised charge (4) |
| LUX | Southern neighbor of Belgium, on Olympic scoreboards |
