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2. name of west end pit which was site of major disaster in 1925, claiming lives of 38 miners (7)
4. ballroom and concert venue on Newgate Street, where The Gate is now; Led Zeppelin played their first live UK concert here (7)
5. road in east end of Newcastle; ancient name of Anglo Saxon Newcastle (11)
7. medieval village dating from at least the 12th century, now absorbed into the urban area of Whitley Bay (10)
9. name still commonly used to describe road going west from Newcastle; originally built by order of General Wade during his campaign to quell the Jacobite rising in the 18th century(8)
10. ......Institute housed in a fine building near the Central Station; dedicated to the region's historically most important industry (6)
11. first of three names in title of company ...... Swan and Morgan, linked with Joseph Swan, inventor of the light bulb; shop used to be at the top of Grey Street until taken over by Waterstones (6)
13. John ...... - nationally popular early 19th century artist, born at Haydon Bridge: not to be confused with his brother Jonathan, notorious for setting fire to York Minster (6)

1. which saint's place is next to the Civic Centre? (4)
2. Newcastle street that was the first road in the world to be lit by electric street lights (6)
3. selling ice cream in Newcastle since 1892 (4,5)
6. name of Newcastle metro station adjacent to tall structure commemorating local worthy credited with passing of Great Reform Act that extended the vote in 1832 (8)
8. crescent on west side of city centre; formerly site of a bus station (11)
10. .... Lane - Elswick street, so-called because there used to be a windmill there (4)
11. theatre (later cinema) that stood where Benwell's West End Library is now (8)
12. tower Grade 1 listed tower that is part of Newcastle's city walls; well known now as a poetry venue (6)
13. one half of duo who set up Penny Bazaar in the Grainger Market in 1895 - the last surviving example of this major national retailer's original Penny Bazaars (5)