| DEWSBURY | Town in West Yorkshire, a former centre of the woollen industry (8) |
| HALIFAX | Town in West Yorkshire; a centre of the textile industry from the 15th Century (7) |
| ROLLNECK | Turn over and over top part of the woollen |
| TILBURG | University city in North Brabant, Netherlands formerly associated with the woollen industry (7) |
| HARROGATE | Town in North Yorkshire, a former spa (9) |
| KNITTING | Traditional "click-clacky" hobby of purling, ribbing and stitching, often resulting in a needleworker's veritable yarn addiction; or, the woollen fabric/garment made (8) |
| WENSLEYDALE | Cheese traditionally made in Hawes in Yorkshire, a favourite food of Nick Park's character Wallace (11) |
| UNALASKA | Largest settlement of the Aleutian Islands off SW Alaska; a former centre of the Russian fur trade (8) |
| MACCLESFIELD | A market town in Cheshire, a former centre of the silk industry (12) |
| COOKSTOWN | A former centre of the linen industry in County Tyrone, near to the Beaghmore stone circles and cairns (9) |
| NANTUCKET | Island off SE Massachusetts, US; a former centre of the whaling industry (9) |
| REPLICATE | Island off SE Massachusetts, US; a former centre of the whaling industry (9) |
| WETHERBY | Market town in West Yorkshire which stands on the River Wharfe (8) |
| KEIGHLEY | Market town in West Yorkshire; birthplace of political figures Alastair Campbell and Eric Pickles (8) |
| SOWETO | Urban area of Johannesburg, a former centre of opposition to apartheid |
| MOUSEHOLE | Cornish village, a former centre of pilchard fishing |
| MAMELUKE | Former Middle Eastern ruler |
| IVANOVO | Former centre of textile manufacture, the "Russian Manchester" in the 19th century |
| ODRISCOLL | Roll out with disco in former centre of Ireland (1'8) |
| STAUSTELL | Town in Cornwall and former centre of china clay mining (2,7) |
