| DUNFERMLINE | A town in Fife, a former residence of Scottish kings and birthplace of the industrialist Andrew Carnegie (11) |
| CRAIL | Old fishing village in Fife, a former royal burgh (5) |
| SCONE | The Stone of ---, block of sandstone associated with the crowning of Scottish kings and latterly monarchs of the United Kingdom (5) |
| CUPAR | A town in fife (5) |
| CAITHNESS | Historic county in Scotland's north, site of the Castle of Mey, a former residence of the Queen Mother (9) |
| HOLYROODHOUSE | Edinburgh residence of Scottish monarchs until 1603 |
| ELTVILLE | The largest town in the Rheingau and birthplace of the countertenor Andreas Scholl (8) |
| BURYSTEDMUNDS | A market town in Suffolk and birthplace of the late Bob Hoskins (4,2,7) |
| LESBOS | Greek island and birthplace of the poet Sappho (6) |
| ARETE | Sharp ridge of rock between glacial valleys, such as the one linking Scotland's Carn Mor Dearg and Ben Nevis (5) |
| MIZENHEAD | Peninsula at the south-western tip of County Cork known locally as Carn Ui Neid (5,4) |
| INEFFICACY | Smearing Fife, a cynic not working |
| EIGE | Carn ___ (mountain in Scotland) |
| ANSTRUTHER | Town in Fife (pop about 3,500), the site of the Scottish Fisheries Museum (10) |
| GLAMIS | - Castle; setting of Shakespeare's Macbeth, childhood home of Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother and birthplace of Princess Margaret (6) |
| BURSLEM | A town of Stoke-on-Trent and birthplace of pottery designer Josiah Wedgwood (7) |
| SKEGNESS | North Sea coast town, site of the first Butlin's holiday camp and birthplace of footballer Ray Clemence (8) |
| BLENHEIM | Monumental country house, home of the Dukes of Marlborough and birthplace of Winston Churchill (8) |
| TIBET | Where the former residence of the Dalai Lama is located |
| ABBOTSFORD | Former residence of Sir Walter Scott near Melrose on the River Tweed (10) |
