| ELGIN | A former royal burgh in the north (pop 25,000), the site of a ruined cathedral (5) |
| ENNIS | County town in the west of Ireland (pop 25,000), on the River Fergus (5) |
| BANFF | Former county town and royal burgh in the north east (pop 4,000) (5) |
| ANNAN | A former royal burgh in the south-west (pop about 9,000) (5) |
| CRAIL | Former fishing village in Fife (pop about 1,600), a former royal burgh (5) |
| NAIRN | Former royal burgh in the Highlands (pop about 10,000) (5) |
| CUPAR | Historic county town (pop about 9,000), a former royal burgh (5) |
| BREAD | 25,000 loaves of ___ were consumed in the 2012 athletes' village (5) |
| ARROW | Based on finds in Africa, the use of what projectile dates back 25,000 years? (5) |
| SHELL | Global company of Anglo-Dutch origin which has around 25,000 outlets in the United States (5) |
| EXERT | Bring to bear on a former royal titular head (5) |
| CROMARTY | Former royal burgh in the Highlands (pop about 750), the birthplace of Hugh Miller (8) |
| ARBROATH | A former royal burgh on the east coast (pop about 25,000), with a ruined abbey (8) |
| CULLEN | Former fishing village in the north-east (pop about 1,300), a former royal burgh (6) |
| SELKIRK | Former royal burgh in the Borders (pop about 6,000), on the Ettrick Water (7) |
| INCAS | Builders of 25,000+ miles of roads in South America |
| BEAUMARIS | Town in Anglesey that is the site of a ruined castle with some 300 arrow loops, built as part of Edward I's conquest of Wales (9) |
| MELROSE | Border town, the site of a ruined abbey refounded in the 12th century (7) |
| GODSTOW | In Oxfordshire, the site of a ruined abbey that housed an order of Benedictine nuns (7) |
| JEDBURGH | Town and former royal burgh in the Scottish Borders with an abbey that was founded in 1147 |
