| GRANDRAPIDS | City in Michigan, US, associated with the furniture manufacturing industry (5,6) |
| HIGHWYCOMBE | Town in South Buckinghamshire traditionally associated with the furniture industry (4,7) |
| DETROIT | Largest and most populous city in Michigan, US (7) |
| KNOLL | British furniture manufacturing company launched in 1931 (6,5) |
| PARKER | British furniture manufacturing company launched in 1931 (6,5) |
| OXNARD | City in Ventura County, California, US, associated with the strawberry industry (6) |
| ABILENE | University town in central Texas, US associated with the oil refining industry (7) |
| LAKESTCLAIR | Freshwater lake lying between Ontario, Canada and Michigan, USA (4,2,5) |
| UTAH | A state in the USA associated with the church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-Day-Saints |
| HINDUS | Leggy type from America associated with the Indians? (6) |
| AMARILLO | Industrial city in NW Texas, US associated with oil refining (8) |
| RAINIER | Mount in USA associated with weather getting worse (7) |
| KALAMAZOO | City in southwest Michigan, US, approximately midway between Detroit and Chicago |
| SLUMBER | Sleep on the Sabbath with the furniture stored away (7) |
| SOFA | I leave the Bulgarian capital with the furniture (4) |
| ADAPTABLE | Notice pa has returned with the furniture? Make do with it! |
| RUSTBELT | US region that once had a large manufacturing industry but is now in decline (4,4) |
| ANN | Seat of the University of Michigan, US (3,5) |
| ANNARBOR | Seat of the University of Michigan, US (3.5) |
| ARBOR | Seat of the University of Michigan, US (3,5) |
