| CRAIGIEVAR | - Castle. seat of Clan Sempill south of Alford, Aberdeenshire (10) |
| EMELISANDE | Singer-songwriter from Alford, Aberdeenshire (5,5) |
| DUNROBIN | Castle which is the family seat of Clan Sutherland (8) |
| ALNWICK | County town with a castle, seat of the Dukes of Northumberland (7) |
| ARUNDEL | Sussex castle, seat of the Dukes of Norfolk (7) |
| DUNVEGAN | Skye castle, seat of the Clan MacLeod (8) |
| HIGHCLERE | Hampshire castle, seat of the Earls of Carnarvon (9) |
| GLAMISCASTLE | Category A listed building in Angus, the seat of Clan Lyon |
| COMPATRIOT | Fellow citizen and leader of clan running away from small quarrel (10) |
| SKYE | Island seat of Clan MacLeod |
| FAMILYFEUD | Clash of clans? |
| EDINBURGHROCK | Capital music, castle seat or confection? (9,4) |
| TERPERSIE | 16th cent. pioneer Z-plan house with circular towers, near Alford (9) |
| RALEIGH | Potato-popularising smoking man who, despite losing favour with a queen and his head to an axe following his final doomed fleet, still reigns as a US city and a Sherborne Castle seat (7) |
| CHARLEDMURRAY | Alford-born poet (1864-1941) |
| CHARLESMURRAY | Alford-born poet (1864-1941) |
| THEALLISONS | English pop duo, comprising Bob Day and John Alford, who represented the UK in the 1961 Eurovision Song Contest with the song Are You Sure? |
| SLEAT | Southernmost peninsula of Skye, home of a branch of Clan MacDonald |
| FALCON | Bird of prey represents order of clan (6) |
| CAGE | Imprison head of clan for duration of life |
