| BEGAN | It's out of Gateshead the runner started |
| INDUS | Asian runner started to set up an industrial site (5) |
| BEAN | Maybe runner started off: heart's not in it |
| EDGED | Moved the Edwards out of Gateshead |
| AGENT | Spy's neat move, getting out of Gateshead (5) |
| GOVERNED | Ruled over the north-east in the outskirts of Gateshead (8) |
| GARDEN | At Gateshead, the forest is of horticultural interest |
| RUING | Regretting the downfall of Gateshead |
| TYNESIDE | Area including the towns of Gateshead and Jarrow |
| TANFIELD | ___ Railway, heritage line near Gateshead - 'the world's oldest railway' (8) |
| GLOOM | Downbeat mood of Gateshead weaver? (5) |
| ADORN | Embellish part of Gateshead or Newcastle (5) |
| CONSETT | Town in Durham south-west of Gateshead (7) |
| WALLSEND | Town north-east of Gateshead (8) |
| CHESTERLESTREET | Durham town south of Gateshead (7-2-6) |
| OLLY | The runner-up of the sixth series of The X Factor, _ Murs (4) |
| ZATOPEK | Nicknamed the "Czech Locomotive", the runner who won three gold medals at the 1952 Olympics, the third in a last-minute marathon, a distance he had never attempted before (7) |
| FRUIT | The developed ovary of a seed plant with its contents and accessory parts, as the runner bean pod, nut, tomato or pineapple! (5) |
| JESSEMCCARTNEY | Pop singer with Dream Street who was the runner-up on season 3 of The Masked Singer as the Turtle: 2 wds. |
| OLLYMURS | Singer who rose to fame as the runner-up on the sixth series of The X Factor (4,4) |
