| MINING | Tin or coal industry (6) |
| SHANSI | Ancient China province famous for its coal industry (6) |
| INKPAD | Dye-soaked wad in a shallow tin or box, used for rubberstamping or fingerprinting (6) |
| OPENER | Tin or tape cutter? (6) |
| SNORTS | Grunts for tin ... or empty tins (6) |
| ORMOLU | A gold-coloured alloy of copper, tin or zinc, used to decorate furniture and mouldings (6) |
| EASELS | Essential to dump tin or the types the painters use (6) |
| INTROS | They open tins or jars |
| EMBERS | Small pieces of glowing wood or coal (6) |
| CARBON | Diamond or coal? (6) |
| CELLAR | It may contain wine, salt or coal (6) |
| SLURRY | Semi-liquid mixture containing manure, cement or coal, for example (6) |
| UMW | Coal industry org. or Virginia sch. |
| MINE | A colliery, pit, quarry, shaft, tunnel or other excavation from which coal, diamonds, gold, tin or other precious metal or ore is dug; or, by extension, any rich source or abundant supply (4) |
| MINER | Coal industry worker |
| MACHINING | In the coal industry, a companion is operating the plant |
| CHARLEROI | Town in Belgium on the River Sambre associated with the coal industry (9) |
| ABERDARE | Town in Rhondda Cynon Taf, Wales, southwest of Merthyr Tydfil formerly associated with the coal industry (8) |
| INGOT | Go for tin - or perhaps, gold or silver (5) |
| BASEMETAL | Substance such as copper, tin or zinc as opposed to gold or silver (4,5) |
