| DERWENT | The valleys of Derbyshire, including this one, became important sites for textile mills in the 18th and early 19th centuries. UNESCO designated these mills and the surrounding landscape a World Herita |
| ENERGY | These kind of drinks became important sponsors of the sport once cigarette advertising was banned. (6) |
| WITNESSEDACRIME | Became important to the police |
| WORDCHAIN | *The answers to the starred clues (including this one) form a continuous one-its connections are created by the end of one answer and the start of the next |
| OTOE | Member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska |
| OTO | A member of the Siouan people inhabiting the valleys of the Platte and Missouri rivers in Nebraska. |
| MAGGIEGRACE | Shannon Rutherford on the TV series Lost, Kim Mills in the Taken trilogy and Irina in The Twilight Saga are roles played by this US actress (6,5) |
| ASIR | Region of southwestern Saudi Arabia immediately north of Yemen made up of about 40,000 square miles (100,000 square km) of Red Sea coastal plains, high mountains, and the valleys of seasonal watercour |
| DALES | Yorkshire _, the valleys of the rivers flowing from the Pennines in West Yorkshire (5) |
| HOTELCALIFORNIA | Don Henley testified last week in the trial of three men who sold original handwritten lyrics to some of the Eagles' big hits, including this one |
| STARK | Adventure-woman and travel writer whose first major book The Valleys of the Assassins was published in 1934 (5) |
| JUNIPER | Evergreen coniferous shrub the berries of which are used in ginmaking, it grows well in the damp valleys of Mallorca's Sierra de Tramuntana mountain range (7) |
| SHUE | Elisabeth, actress who played Ali Mills in the 1984 film The Karate Kid (4) |
| GLENEAGLES | Birdie or one better in the valleys of course (10) |
| FREYA | 10 whose books include The Valleys of the Assassins (1934) (5,5) |
| AMENHOTEP | Name of four kings of Egypt (the fourth one became Akhenaten) (9) |
| FELT | Baize-like non-woven material used for textile arts and the tips of colouring-in pens (4) |
| POSTS | The five in this crossword (including this one) |
| ELISABETHSHUE | She played Ali Mills in The Karate Kid and on Netflix's Cobra Kai |
| NEESON | Liam, actor who plays retired CIA operative Bryan Mills in the Taken film franchise (6) |
