| KERKRADE | City in the Netherlands on the German border formerly associated with the coal-mining industry |
| STARS | AJ Cronin's tale of the coal-mining north of England in the early 20th century, The ... Look Down |
| THEVALLEYS | Local or informal name of a region of South Wales that was once at the heart of the Welsh coal mining industry (3,7) |
| COWDENBEATH | Fife town which had a booming coal-mining industry (11) |
| DEVENTER | Industrial city in the Netherlands on the River IJesel (8) |
| ABERDARE | Town in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, southwest of Merthyr Tydfil formerly associated with the coal industry (8) |
| ROTTERDAM | Large port city of the Netherlands, on the Nieuwe Maas river (9) |
| CHARLEROI | Town in Belgium on the River Sambre associated with the coal industry (9) |
| REDRUTH | Town in Cornwall northeast of Camborne formerly associated with the copper-mining industry (7) |
| DRENTHE | Sparsely-populated rural province of the NE Netherlands on the border with Germany; capital, Assen (7) |
| ARNHEM | City in the E. Netherlands on the Rhine, scene of a World War II battle (6) |
| DELFT | City of the SW Netherlands on the Schie River between Rotterdam and The Hague, noted for its pottery (5) |
| LIKASI | City in Haut-Katanga Province, DR Congo, associated with the mining industry |
| BOBODIOULASSO | City in Burkina Faso associated with the gold mining industry (4-9) |
| TILBURG | University city in North Brabant, Netherlands formerly associated with the woollen industry (7) |
| MAGINOT | French fortifications on the German border; _ Line (7) |
| ALSACE | French region on the German border (6) |
| NIJMEGEN | Ancient Dutch city (pop about 170,000), close to the German border, founded in 98 AD (8) |
| STALYBRIDGE | Town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester formerly associated with the textile industry (11) |
| AMARILLO | US city in NW Texas formerly associated with the helium industry (8) |
