| DINNERSET | 7 21 racket arranged with Tyneside restaurateurs at its heart |
| WHEATGERM | Foodstuff with piquancy, precious item containing curry at its heart |
| TANGERINE | Orange granite construction associated with Tyneside (9) |
| ARTICHOKE | Thistle-like vegetable prized for its heart |
| HOWARDSEND | E M Forster's novel with the idea "only connect" at its heart (7,3) |
| INVENTED | Created trendy outlet with comedian at its heart (8) |
| SOMME | Scene of conflict - considerable mire, with fury expressed at its heart (5) |
| LACOCK | With William Henry Fox Talbot's former abbey and home at its heart, a National Trust village in Wiltshire, where scenes from Cranford, Pride and Prejudice and Downton Abbey were filmed (6) |
| BEDIMS | Dims with 'B' at its heart |
| ALMA | Scandal? Marcia's the female at its heart |
| IRE | An emotion that is right at its heart (3) |
| ATTUNE | Acclimatise party thus at intervals with Tyneside (6) |
| EXPONENT | One illustrating show with Tyneside conservationists (8) |
| ELIXIR | Spiral without its head, but with its heart, would turn gold (6) |
| MANDELA | Famous African person with key blood type (7) 21, |
| BREAKSEVEN | *Has a wash at the casino (+7 = 21!) |
| LIGHTBRIGADE | A disastrous blunder, telling these men in 7 21! (5,7) |
| CARTHAGE | 7 21 at Dido's place (8) |
| CLEARLY | As is evident, its heart is quite a different organ (7) |
| YANGTZE | Great flower in manly nature article, unknown for its heart (7) |
