| RHONDDA | 15 and coalmining valley in south Wales (7) |
| SLAGOFF | Slate and coalmining waste not available (4,3) |
| RHONDA | Female name derived from a valley in South Wales, and used in a famous Beach Boys song (6) |
| SAMARIA | ____ Gorge, tree-dotted valley in south west Crete (7) |
| WREXHAM | Industrial town in North Wales formerly noted for coalmining (7) |
| OSTRAVA | Industrial city in the E. Czech Republic in the chief coalmining area of the country (7) |
| HEERLEN | Industrial city in the SE Netherlands; a major coalmining centre from the late 19th-century to the early 1970s (7) |
| ELEANOR | - of Aquitaine; duchess who married Louis VII when she was 15 and Henry II 15 years later (7) |
| HALDANE | Richard ___ (1856 - 1928) , Edinburgh-born lawyer who was Lord Chancellor (1912 - 15 and 1924) (7) |
| SIXTEEN | Between fifteen and seventeen (8) |
| RHONDDAVALLEY | Former coalmining area in South Wales * (7,6) |
| RIESLING | White grape variety of the Rhine or Clare valley in South Australia |
| ATHLETIC | Charlton ---, football club based at The Valley in South East London (8) |
| DUBARRY | Madame - -; last mistress of Louis XV and a friend of Voltaire (2,5) |
| LLANELLI | Town of south Wales, formerly known for coalmining and tin production (8) |
| EBBWVALE | Former coalmining town in South Wales (4,4) |
| RUHR | Traditionally, the chief coalmining and industrial region of Germany, in North RhineWestphalia (4) |
| SLANG | Coalmining waste across north, in jargon (5) |
| BRYMBO | Former coalmining and steelmaking community near Wrexham (6) |
| SLAGHEAP | Mound of coalmining waste (4,4) |
