| DUART | ? Castle, ancestral home of the Clan Maclean on the Isle of Mull (5) |
| GLAMIS | ? Castle, ancestral seat of the Lyons family in E Scotland |
| ARMADALE | Skye castle, home of the Clan Donald centre (8) |
| ELLAPURNELL | Yellowjackets actress who plays Lucy MacLean on the Amazon series Fallout: 2 wds. |
| ALNWICK | ___ Castle, ancestral home of the Duke and Duchess of Northumberland (7) |
| SKIBO | ? Castle, former home in Sutherland, Scotland of Andrew Carnegie that overlooks the Dornoch Firth (5 |
| SALEN | Deal, mid-range, on Isle of Mull (5) |
| INNER | Local playing here with new union members' group including Isle of Mull (5,8) |
| HEVER | ? Castle, Kent home of Anne Boleyn before her marriage to Henry VIII (5) |
| LAIRD | Head of the clan |
| NIECE | One of the clan |
| INVERARAY | Town on the western shore of Loch Fyne that is the ancestral home of the Duke of Argyll (9) |
| BELVOIR | Name of a castle near Grantham that is the ancestral home of the Duke of Rutland (7) |
| MACLEOD | Dunvegan Castle on the Isle of Skye is the ancestral home of which Scottish clan? (7) |
| GLIN | This county Limerick castle, the ancestral home of the FitzGeralds, was recently put on sale. (4) |
| NANTES | French city on the River Loire that was once ancestral home of the Dukes of Brittany (6) |
| DUNVEGAN | Castle on the Isle of Skye, seat of the chief of the Clan MacLeod (8) |
| TOBERMORY | Womble named after the capital of the Isle of Mull (9) |
| GLENARMCASTLE | The ancestral home of the Earls of Antrim (7,6) |
| BLENHEIM | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Palace, ancestral home of the Dukes of Marlborough (8) |
