| HAMILTON | A town in Lanarkshire (8) |
| AIRDRIE | Take some hair-driers to a town in Lanarkshire (7) |
| CROMARTY | Black Isle settlement holds auction in Lanarkshire mining town (8) |
| GARTCOSH | Village in Lanarkshire where the Scottish Crime Campus is located (8) |
| LESMAHAGOW | Town in Lanarkshire (pop 4,500), the site of an old priory established in 1144 (10) |
| CARFIN | Village in Lanarkshire (pop 2,000), with a grotto which is a major pilgrimage site (6) |
| MOTHERWELL | Former burgh in Lanarkshire (pop 32,000), once a centre of steel production (10) |
| ANA | A top mark for the school examination in Lanarkshire (2,1) |
| WEE | Little, in Lanarkshire (3) |
| ARKS | Vessels in Lanarkshire (4) |
| CAIRNCROSS | Surname of the member of the Cambridge Five spy ring born in Lanarkshire (10) |
| IRENE | Settled in Lanarkshire, Neil discovers the girl's name (5) |
| KILBRIDE | Doctor takes on the Italian person in front of train in South Lanarkshire town (4,8) |
| LARKHALL | Gag lobby in South Lanarkshire town (8) |
| BLANTYRE | Learnt by design in South Lanarkshire town (8) |
| WHATSAPP | Through what method did staff of NHS Lanarkshire share personal details of patients during the pandemic? (8) |
| AYRSHIRE | The area which has borders with Renfrewshire, Lanarkshire and Dumfriesshire (8) |
| EASTKILBRIDE | Town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, designated a new town in 1947 (4,8) |
| STRATHAVEN | Town in south Lanarkshire (pop about 7,500), created a burgh of barony in 1541 (10) |
| EAST | Doctor takes on the Italian person in front of train in South Lanarkshire town (4,8) |
