| STIRLING | A city in Central Scotland on the River Forth, location of a famous castle (8) |
| POSITED | Put forth location inside spacecraft compartment (7) |
| MARCH | A city in central Scotland on the River Tay, location of the assassination of James I of Scotland in 1437 (5) |
| PERTH | City in central Scotland on the River Tay |
| TIMBUKTU | A city in central Mali formerly famous for its gold trade (8) |
| DUMFRIES | Market town and former royal burgh in Scotland on the River Nith (8) |
| ALLOA | Town in central Scotland, on the Firth of Forth (5) |
| TRIANGLE | Area in Central Scotland noted for many sightings of UFOS (7,8) |
| DUNBLANE | Town in Central Scotland (pop about 10,000), with a small 13th century cathedral (8) |
| LOTHIAN | East ---, a council area of East Central Scotland on the Firth of Forth (7) |
| FIFE | Scottish county on a peninsula with the River Forth to the south and River Tay to the north (4) |
| CERRODEPASCO | A city in central Peru, in the Andes; one of the highest cities in the world (5,2,5) |
| GLASGOW | City in West Central Scotland on the River Clyde (7) |
| WESTLOTHIAN | Council area and historical county of central Scotland, on the Firth of Forth (4,7) |
| NORTHSEA | Rivers Forth and Tay flow into this (5,3) |
| AMBOISE | French town on the River Loire which houses a famous castle and prison (7) |
| AIRTH | Scottish castle on the River Forth |
| NAGANO | A city in central Japan on Honshu; host city of the 1998 Winter Olympics (6) |
| RYBINSK | A city in Central Russia, on the River Volga; an important river port (7) |
| GRETNAGREEN | A village in South Scotland, on the border with England, location of a famous smithy where eloping couples were married (6,5) |
