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Across
- 2. lane in Newcastle opposite Central Station (4)
- 5. street in Newcastle behind Eldon Square shopping centre (5)
- 6. where bonny gam begun on the way to Blaydon (8)
- 8. place on south side of Tyne west of Newcastle; birthplace of Ruth in the Archers (7)
- 9. department store on Shields Road, closed in 1984 (7)
- 11. another word for a prison; Wansbeck ............. for women occupied a building still standing just west of Elswick Cemetery for 40 years until 1927 (12)
- 12. alan .....; member of The Animals before going solo (5)
- 13. ancient structure on cliffs at mouth of Tyne at Tynemouth; its inhabitants owned a large part of Benwell in the past (5)
Down
- 1. previous name of Northumbria University (11)
- 2. metro station between Howdon and Meadow Well (5,4)
- 3. ...... Burn: stream that flows through Newcastle - now underground - from Spital Tongues to the Tyne (6)
- 4. eat it hot or eat it cold (5,7)
- 5. shipyard whose closure led to the famous Jarrow March in 1936 (7)
- 7. housing estate in west end; one of Newcastle's first council estates (8)
- 8. Northumbrian dish made of potatoes, onions and cheese (3,8)
- 10. street in Newcastle, running south from Northumberland Street; the A1 used to go along it (7)
- 12. world-famous engineering works on Shields Road, once one of biggest employers in Newcastle (7)