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1. ....... Stairs - curious name of alley linking Newcastle Castle to the quayside (3,4)
2. tributary of the River Tyne, joining it near the Metro Centre (7)
4. class of battleship that used to be made at Armstrong's works in Elswick (9)
5. name of street running south from Grey Street to the quayside (4)
7. name of Hall attached to the Unitarian Church in Ellison Place (6)
8. Newcastle museum housed in former Co-operative building (9)
9. - performance venue built on the site of Newcastle's first synagogue (5,4)
10. John ...... - architect credited for much of the 19th century transformation of city centre; name of street behind City Library (6)
11. ........ Hall - name of housing estate north of Bells Close, named after a large house that formerly stood on the site (8)

1. Roman road coming down from the Cheviots and crossing Hadrian's Wall near Corbridge (4,5)
3. Land of the Prince Bishops; visited recently by Dominic Cummings (6)
4. ....... Road - street running north to south between Benwell Lane and Armstrong Road to the west of Benwell; named after aristocratic family who owned the Benwell Estate in the 13th century but are better known as the owners of a large Hall near Seaton Sluice (7)
5. one half of a 19th century north east railway company that was the world's first public railway to use steam locomotives (10)
6. ...... Hall - housing estate next to Ponteland; one of its developers was William Bramble of Benwell Hall (6)
8. ...... Dene - third dene west from the city centre after Elswick and Benwell Denes (6)
10. ....... Staiths - former coal staithes; the largest wooden structure in Europe (7)