| HARDTIMES | Dickens' novel of industrial England (4,5) |
| SPENLOW | Dora, child-wife of David Copperfield in the Charles Dickens novel of that name (7) |
| ATALE | Charles Dickens novel, ...of Two Cities (1,4) |
| OURMUTUALFRIEND | Charles Dickens novel of 1865 (3,6,6) |
| OLIVER | 1960 musical based on a Charles Dickens novel of 1838 (6) |
| TECHNICAL | Of industrial arts |
| STILLNESS | Silence on crux of industrial disease (9) |
| FACTORIES | I forecast new construction of industrial buildings |
| ELTONMAYO | Psychologist who became a leader in the field of industrial sociology in the US, d.1949 (5,4) |
| LOWRY | Artist noted for his depictions of industrial landscapes around the north of England such as Oldfiel |
| SAVAGE | 18th century concept of a person of 'original' virtue, uncorrupted by the ills of industrial world; |
| LSLOWRY | Which British painter gained fame for his stylised, idiosyncratic paintings of industrial scenes in the north of England? (1,1,5) |
| UNLIT | Dark end of mall in part of industrial estate (5) |
| PRODUCTIVITY | Measure of the rate of industrial output (12) |
| LOIRE | See earliest signs of Industrial Revolution near eastern part of France |
| AFL | A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955. |
| WATT | Scottish engineer whose invention of a separate condenser revolutionised the steam engine, furthering technological advancements of Industrial Revolution (4) |
| RODLESS | Kind of industrial cylinder |
| RANDD | Early stage of industrial work, for short |
| SITDOWNSTRIKE | Form of industrial action notwithstanding (3,4,6) |
