| PTARMIGAN | Variety of grouse found in the Scottish highlands (9) |
| GORGEOUS | Game - variety of grouse? Lovely |
| WILDCAT | Feline found in the Scottish Highlands (7) |
| ADDER | A calculator found in the Scottish countryside (5) |
| CAPERCAILLIE | Type of large grouse found in Scotland (12) |
| SCOTSPINE | Growing in abundance in the Caledonian Forest in the Scottish Highlands, one of the three conifers n |
| LOCHMORAR | Situated four miles from Mallaig in the Scottish Highlands, the deepest body of freshwater in the British Isles (4,5) |
| BENLOMOND | The most southerly of the Munros in the Scottish Highlands |
| INVERNESS | This cultivar of Geranium sanguineum is a city in the Scottish Highlands (9) |
| BLACKISLE | Peninsula in the Scottish Highlands between the Moray and Cromarty Firths (5,4) |
| COMPLAINT | Ailment of grouse (9) |
| CARPACCIO | Italian starter of grouse, a doubly cold one on bagel |
| LOCHNESS | Body of water in the Scottish Highlands which is one of the largest lakes in the British Isles (4,4) |
| VIADUCT | Bridge in the form of a series of arches, such as that in Glenfinnan in the Scottish Highlands (7) |
| MORAG | Nickname of the monster said to live in Loch Morar in the Scottish Highlands (5) |
| NESSIE | Nickname of a legendary beast said to inhabit the deep waters of a lake in the Scottish Highlands (6) |
| HEATHER | Used by the Picts for ale and thriving in the Scottish Highlands, a flower ranging in colour from amethyst to shell pink, regarded lucky in its white form (7) |
| GLEN | Monarch of the ___; television drama set in the Scottish Highlands (4) |
| MONARCH | Saga set in the Scottish Highlands (------- of the Glen) |
| CAIRN | One of the oldest terrier breeds, originating in the Scottish Highlands (5) |
