| HALIFAX | Town in West Yorkshire; a centre of the textile industry from the 15th Century (7) |
| DEWSBURY | Town in West Yorkshire, a former centre of the woollen industry (8) |
| LODZ | Major city of central Poland, a centre of the textile industry (4) |
| WENSLEYDALE | Cheese traditionally made in Hawes in Yorkshire, a favourite food of Nick Park's character Wallace (11) |
| HARROGATE | Town in North Yorkshire, a former spa (9) |
| SPINDLE | The --- tree, Euonymus europaeus, of Europe and W. Asia yields a hard wood formerly used as a component in the textile industry (7) |
| LUDDITE | Any of the textile workers in England opposed to mechanisation who organised machine-breaking in the early 19th century (7) |
| RUMELIA | Turkish name, used from the 15th century onwards, for the southern Balkan regions of the Ottoman Empire |
| GALLEON | A large sailing vessel with three or four masts, from the 15th century onwards (7) |
| SPINNER | Revolutionary worker in the textile industry (7) |
| BROCADE | One of the textiles woven on a Jacquard loom often with gold or silver threads (7) |
| HAWORTH | Town in West Yorkshire, England, which was home of the Brontes (7) |
| STEPHEN | Secretary of State for Trade and Industry from 1998-2001 (7,5) |
| MILLION | A great many at the textile factory take one on (7) |
| MOTTO | From Italian that, in turn, is derived from Latin words meaning "grunt" and "mutter." First known usage in English is from the 15th century. In English, it can refer to a phrase or brief saying that e |
| LUDDITES | Members of a movement of British workers (1811-16) who destroyed factory machinery that they saw as a threat to their jobs, especially in the textile industry (8) |
| STALYBRIDGE | Town in the Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester formerly associated with the textile industry (11) |
| TIMBUKTU | City in Mali, a centre of trading and Islamic scholarship from the 15th century (8) |
| GUILDHALL | Building dating from the 15th century; ceremonial centre of the City of London (9) |
| FIBRES | Type of briefs used in the textile industry |
