| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| NE industrial city (10) | ||
| Section governed by young man seizing Northern port | ||
| City in England on the River Wear | Mirror Quiz | 23 May 2024 |
| It's full of Mackems, some might say (10) | ||
| English port in separate country | ||
| Seaport city in north-east England (pop about 170,000) (10) | ||
| Going down, lands in northern city | ||
| Port at the mouth of the River Wear | The Times Specialist Sunday | 23 Aug 2020 |
| Southern, apparently subterranean, English city | The Telegraph Cryptic | 16 Aug 2018 |