| BRUMMAGEM | Informal word for Birmingham (9) |
| BRUM | Informal word for Birmingham (4) |
| SHORT | Clare ?, 1983-2010 Labour MP for Birmingham Ladywood; Secretary of State for International Development from 1997-2003 (5) |
| PREET | --- Gill, Shadow Cabinet Minister for International Development and Labour MP for Birmingham Edgbaston (5) |
| CLARESHORT | Labour MP for Birmingham Ladywood, 1983-2010 |
| INDABA | Conference centre for Birmingham expert first of all |
| ALA | US state for Birmingham |
| BLUES | Doom and gloom for Birmingham City? (5) |
| SMALLHEATH | Previous name for Birmingham City from 1888 to 1905 |
| PHILLIPS | Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley (4,8) |
| JESS | Labour MP for Birmingham Yardley (4,8) |
| DROMEY | Trade unionist and MP for Birmingham Erdington 2010-22 |
| JOHNSON | Roger ....... , defender who played for Birmingham City from 2009-11 and Wolves from 2011-15 (7) |
| SCRIBBLER | Informal word for a hack, journo, pen-pusher or other writer; part of a wool-carding machine; or, Canadian dialect for a jotter or a notebook (9) |
| SCALLYWAG | Informal word for a scamp or rascal (9) |
| BEANPOLES | Informal word for tall thin people (9) |
| EYEOPENER | Informal word for a drink especially in the morning (3-6) |
| TUBE | Informal word for the London Underground; or, a flexible container for toothpaste or a rigid one for Smarties, for example (4) |
| SNAPPERS | Informal word for photographers; reddish fishes in the Lutjanidae family; or short word for a species of turtles with powerful jaws (8) |
| SPROG | Informal word for a child, also military slang for a recruit (5) |
