| GOKEYS | Attempt on Skye involved action buttons (2,4) |
| OLDMAN | ..../.... of Storr, on Skye (3,3) |
| ANGORA | Goat to make an attempt on artist (6) |
| GANTRY | Having an attempt on horseback may hold things up |
| GOETHE | Writer's attempt on article about Spain (6) |
| UPSHOT | Outcome of United player's first attempt on goal (6) |
| CHIRAC | French president who survived an assassination attempt on July 14, 2002 (6) |
| HEISTS | Stealing attempts on the diamond? |
| TALISKER | The oldest working whisky distillery on Skye, on the shores of Loch Harport (8) |
| UIG | City on Skye |
| KINKY | Crazy family on Skye stripped (5) |
| ASHKEYS | A small hotel on Skye distributed fruit (3,4) |
| OLDMANOFSTORR | Rock formation on Skye (3,3,2,5) |
| INACCESSIBLE | The ---- Pinnacle, summit on Skye (12) |
| SKELETONKEYS | Cook leeks on Skye, saving time for openers (8,4) |
| DUNVEGAN | Mouse-coloured herbivore found on Skye (8) |
| ISLE | Lives with the French on Skye, perhaps (4) |
| ORKNEYS | Where, finally, crofter on Skye moved? |
| PINNACLE | The Inaccessible ----, summit on Skye (8) |
| MEALT | Thaw embracing central part of Endeavour on Skye waterfall (5) |
