| WHITLEYBAY | Seaside resort in Tyne and Wear |
| SEATONBURN | Village in Tyne and Wear through which the A1 used to pass and whose colliery was closed by the National Coal Board in 1965 |
| GATESHEAD | A large town in Tyne and Wear, on the south bank of the River Tyne (9) |
| JARROW | Industrial town in Tyne and Wear where a famous march started in 1936 (6) |
| NEWCASTLE | --- upon Tyne, city in Tyne and Wear; most populous city of northeast England (9) |
| CANNERY | Jack in Tyne and Wear metro, perhaps, arriving at factory |
| NOLIE | Oil spillage in Tyne and Wear - it's the absolute truth! |
| NEPHEW | Family member found in Tyne and Wear region? That's a relief! |
| THEANGEL | (and 13 across, 21 down) Famous 14 down in Tyne and Wear (3,5) |
| ANGEL | - of the North ; Antony Gormley's sculpture in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear (5) |
| LINEAR | One-dimensional storyteller tours Tyne and Wear (6) |
| NEXUS | Name of the Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive (5) |
| BEDE | Venerable station on the Tyne and Wear Metro (4) |
| WATERWAY | E.g. canal, wide, combined a half of Tyne and Wear (8) |
| HEBBURN | Tyne and Wear comedy series reveals herb cooked with bun (7) |
| REGENT | A centre fit for a prince on the Tyne & Wear Metro (6) |
| BYKER | Tyne & Wear Metro station suitable for other mode of transport? (5) |
| NINETY | Four score and ten in Tyne perhaps (6) |
| ENGLISHCHANNEL | HMS Tyne and HMS Mersey monitored a Russian attack submarine as it passed through this body of water in July |
| TYNEANDWEAR | County in which Newcastle upon Tyne and Sunderland are located (4,3,4) |
