| REDDITCH | Town in Worcestershire (pop about 85,000), once the centre of the needlemaking industry (8) |
| TREVISO | Provincial capital in north-east Italy (pop about 85,000) (7) |
| TRENTON | US state capital (pop about 85,000), founded in 1719 (7) |
| VENICE | It is an island city that was once the centre of a maritime republic. It was the greatest seaport in late medieval Europe and the continent's commercial and cultural link to Asia. In Much Ado About No |
| REDRUTH | Town in Cornwall that was once the centre of the tin mining industry (7) |
| STOCKPORT | Town in Greater Manchester that was once the centre of the country's hatting industry (9) |
| OFFENHAM | Village NE of Evesham in Worcestershire (8) |
| EVESHAM | This town in Worcestershire was the location of the last major battle in the Barons' War (1265) |
| FORFAR | Scottish town once the centre of the ancient Kingdom of the Picts, where bridie pies/pasties are traditionally made (6) |
| DETROIT | Name the Michigan city, once the centre of the US car industry (7) |
| TAMARIND | Ingredient in Worcestershire sauce (8) |
| PERSIA | Old name of a Gulf region, once the centre of the Achaemenid empire (6) |
| TURKEY | Country once the centre of the Ottoman Empire (6) |
| ADIEU | TV reporter, once the centre of fun for so long (5) |
| PERU | Country that was once the center of the Incan empire |
| DROITWICH | --- Spa, town in Worcestershire, England, on the River Salwarpe (9) |
| TYRE | Lebanese city that was once the center of Phoenician civilization |
| BROMSGROVE | Town in Worcestershire, south-west of Birmingham (10) |
| MALVERN | Spa town in Worcestershire (7) |
| ENFIELD | 'Royal' manufacturer who started in Worcestershire at the end of the 19th century. (7) |
