| BLACKWATCH | Alternative name for Scotland's Royal Highland Regiment, originating in 1715 (5,5) |
| ASTRONOMER | Catherine Heymans is Scotland's ---- Royal (10) |
| THEBLACKWATCH | Royal Highland Regiment |
| ENSCONCED | Established purpose to seize Scotland's royal seat, putting in Charlie |
| TOCHOOSE | O! If our chief tower of strength throughout is anagram for battle for Scotland's democracy (5,3,3,5,2,6,3,3,6) |
| OUROWNFUTURE | O! If our chief tower of strength throughout is anagram for battle for Scotland's democracy (5,3,3,5,2,6,3,3,6) |
| THERIGHT | O! If our chief tower of strength throughout is anagram for battle for Scotland's democracy (5,3,3,5,2,6,3,3,6) |
| FIGHTFOR | O! If our chief tower of strength throughout is anagram for battle for Scotland's democracy (5,3,3,5,2,6,3,3,6) |
| ANNIE | A little Govan niece for Scotland's Miss Lennox (5) |
| EDINBURGH | City home to Scotland's Royal Mile |
| INVEREWE | National Trust for Scotland's Highlands botanical garden - were vine to be transformed (8) |
| VERSAILLES | This French palace was originally a hunting lodge and private retreat for Louis XIII (reigned 1610-43) and his family. Louis XIV (reigned 1643-1715) transformed it into a sprawling, extravagant displa |
| RIOTACT | Legislation passed in 1715 for keeping the peace |
| DOGGETT | Thomas ?, Irish actor; founder of a sculling prize in 1715 that is still competed for on the River Thames on August 1 (7) |
| SUNKING | Nickname of Louis XIV, the French monarch who reigned for 72 years and 110 days until his death in 1715 (3,4) |
| AUCHTERARDER | Town near Perth which was burnt down in 1716 by the Earl of Mar's Jacobites after the battle of Sheriffmuir in 1715 (12) |
| DAMPIER | William ___, English navigator and pirate who died in 1715 (7) |
| ROWE | Nicholas -; appointed poet laureate in 1715, the dramatist who wrote The Fair Penitent (4) |
| BYNG | English admiral court martialled and executed in 1715 (4) |
| MARTELL | Jean, Jersey-born French wine merchant who founded a cognac distillery in 1715 (7) |
