| HOBOKEN | District of Antwerp, Belgium, on the River Scheldt associated with the shipbuilding industry |
| BRECHT | Town in the province of Antwerp, Belgium with a Trappist abbey |
| ANTWERP | Port in North Belgium, on the River Scheldt, known as the 'diamond capital of the world' (7) |
| CAMBRAI | French town on the River Scheldt, scene of a battle in the First World War in which massed tanks were first used (7) |
| TOURNAI | Belgian city on the River Scheldt, 53 miles south-west of Brussels (7) |
| SCHELDT | River flowing from the French village of Gouy through the port of Antwerp to the North Sea (7) |
| ELBLAG | Port in N Poland associated with the shipbuilding industry (6) |
| BRAILLE | Bar close to Lommel in Belgium - on paper, one can read a lot into it with feeling (7) |
| CHARLEROI | Town in Belgium on the River Sambre associated with the coal industry (9) |
| GLASGOW | Large Scottish city once renowned for its shipbuilding industry |
| LUXEMBOURG | Capital of the same-named tiny country bordered by Belgium on the west and north, France on the south, and Germany on the northeast and east (10) |
| GHENT | Capital of the province of East Flanders in NE Belgium, at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys (5) |
| LIEGE | Industrial city of Belgium on the River Meuse (5) |
| ANVERS | Belgian city on the river Scheldt, as written in French |
| SELBY | Inland port in North Yorkshire, on the River Ouse, that once had a large shipbuilding industry (5) |
| OSTEND | A port and resort in North West Belgium, on the North Sea (6) |
| ANTIQUES | On the outskirts of Antwerp, boutiques have valuable treasures (8) |
| RUBENS | Painter of Antwerp Cathedral's The Descent from the Cross |
| DUFFEL | Heavy woollen cloth with a thick nap named after a town in Antwerp, Belgium |
| MECHELEN | City in Antwerp, Belgium, housing St Rumbold's Cathedral (8) |
