| FRAYBENTOS | City in Uruguay formerly known for meat processing |
| SALTO | City in Uruguay |
| TAMPA | City in Florida, formerly known for cigar-making (5) |
| DETROIT | City in Michigan, formerly known for car manufacturing (7) |
| GHENT | Industrial city and port in East Flanders, Belgium, formerly known for its cloth industry (5) |
| KOLYMA | ? River, stream in NE Siberia formerly known for its Gulag labour camps |
| FRAY | ___ Bentos, Uruguayan town once famed for its meat-processing plant (4) |
| STETIENNE | French city formerly known for the manufacture of arms and ribbons (2-7) |
| STOCKPORT | Town in the historic county of Cheshire, formerly known for silk and hats (9) |
| ROTHERHAM | Town in South Yorkshire, formerly known for glass-making and flour-milling (9) |
| HOGTOWN | Historic nickname for Toronto, Canada, thought to derive from its extensive meat processing industry (7) |
| AOL | ISP formerly known for mailing out lots of free CDs |
| LLANELLI | Town of south Wales, formerly known for coalmining and tin production (8) |
| SHAMBLES | York street, formerly known for its butchers' shops (8) |
| NANTUCKET | Massachusetts island, formerly known for whaling (9) |
| THEGORBALS | A district of Glasgow, formerly known for its slums (3,7) |
| KINGSCROSS | Sydney district formerly known for nightlife (5,5) |
| MINCER | Meat-processing machine (6) |
| MINCING | Affected some meat processing (7) |
| UNION | __ Stock Yard (Chicago meat-processing area) |
