| BOBODIOULASSO | City in W. Burkina Faso associated with the gold mining industry (4-9) |
| OHSUSANNA | 1847 Stephen Foster song often associated with the Gold Rush |
| KERKRADE | City in the Netherlands on the German border formerly associated with the coal-mining industry (8) |
| LIKASI | City in Haut-Katanga Province, DR Congo, associated with the mining industry |
| REDRUTH | Town in Cornwall northeast of Camborne formerly associated with the copper-mining industry (7) |
| DURANGO | State of N.W. Mexico associated with the mining industry (7) |
| PROTOTEAM | They lead the way in the mining industry (5-4) |
| NOME | Any one of the race of tiny people in Terry Pratchett's Bromeliad Trilogy; an Alaskan gold-mining city; or, each of the 42 territorial divisions in ancient Egypt (4) |
| PINARDELRIO | City in W Cuba associated with the tobacco industry (5,3,3) |
| SPERRIN | A proposed gold mining project in the ___ Mountains was recently in the news in Ireland. (7) |
| PORTMANTEAU | Left the chap, Mr Lawrence, with the gold travelling bag (11) |
| IGOR | A Russian soldier turns up with the gold (4) |
| HEAVE | In the mining industry, to displace (as a vein) (5) |
| SMOLENSK | City in W Russia on the Dnieper River; scene of severe fighting in World War II (8) |
| WORCESTER | A cathedral city in W central England on the River Severn (9) |
| HILLEND | Name a former NSW gold-mining town in the Bathurst area (4,3) |
| TOMSK | City in the Siberian Federal District, Russia; a former important gold-mining town (5) |
| ZZTOP | Band with the gold-certified albums "Tres Hombres" and "El Loco" |
| CAPTOR | One who apprehends a captain with the gold (6) |
| MYRRH | There was sweet cicely with the gold and frankincense (5) |
