| TINPAN | District of Manhattan, New York, formerly associated with the popular music industry (3,3,5) |
| BRIT | Annual UK popular music industry award (4) |
| SINGSING | Maximum-security prison in the village of Ossining, New York, formerly infamous for its harsh conditions (4,4) |
| NEWAMSTERDAM | What was New York formerly called? (3,9) |
| FIFTHAVENUE | Major thoroughfare in the borough of Manhattan, New York City, a section of which is nicknamed Museum Mile (5,6) |
| STALYBRIDGE | Town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester formerly associated with the textile industry (11) |
| CENTRALPARK | Place for recreation in Manhattan, New York City (7,4) |
| TRIBECA | Section of Manhattan, New York City, whose name derives from the phrase 'Triangle Below Canal St' (7 |
| GREENWICH | Largely residential area of Manhattan, New York City, US (9,7) |
| KERKRADE | City in the Netherlands on the German border formerly associated with the coal-mining industry (8) |
| REDRUTH | Town in Cornwall northeast of Camborne formerly associated with the copper-mining industry (7) |
| CREMONA | Italian city on the Po formerly associated with the manufacture of violins (7) |
| SAINTCLOUD | Residential western suburb of Paris formerly associated with the porcelain industry (5-5) |
| ABERDARE | Town in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, southwest of Merthyr Tydfil formerly associated with the coal industry (8) |
| CORBY | New town in Northamptonshire formerly associated with the steel industry (5) |
| ACTORSSTUDIO | The ?, organisation in Manhattan, New York City, founded in 1947 by Elia Kazan, Cheryl Crawford et alii |
| THEBOWERY | Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City that housed music club CBGB (3,6) |
| HARLEM | A large district of Manhattan in New York (6) |
| TILBURG | University city in North Brabant, Netherlands formerly associated with the woollen industry (7) |
| AMARILLO | US city in NW Texas formerly associated with the helium industry (8) |
