| CAITHNESS | Alters his stance in area of Scotland (9) |
| BACKTOYOU | "Coming up, a pistol dueler tells us his stance. Now ___" |
| ARGYLLANDBUTE | Gradually bent over in area of Scotland (6,3,4) |
| MEPHISTO | Liszt's waltz alters his tempo (8) |
| JAMESDEAN | Actor who received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor alter his death in a 1955 car crash (5,4) |
| TABS | Material flaps "Man can alter his life by altering his thinking." WILLIAM JAMES, PHILOSOPHER |
| AMPHETAMINE | Pie Meath man cobbled together will alter his mood |
| INTERPOSE | Head off, in season, to take a stance in order to mediate (9) |
| TROSSACHS | Area of Scotland preceded by Loch Lomond in the name of a national park |
| KEITH | Small town in the Moray council area of Scotland with three distilleries, including Strathisla Distillery, one of the oldest in the Highlands |
| STRUCKAPOSE | Adopted a stance in court - speaks out of order (6,1,4) |
| POSTURAL | Concerned with stance in job, in dropping off item for gents (8) |
| EXPOSE | Reveal stance in support of electronic vote (6) |
| MIDLOTHIAN | One of the 32 council areas of Scotland, part of the title of an 1818 novel by Sir Walter Scott (10) |
| GALLOWAY | Breed of cattle; area of Scotland |
| ANNAT | Small village in the Highland area of Scotland |
| THEHIGHLANDS | Mountainous area of Scotland (3,9) |
| ANGUS | Lieutenancy area of Scotland or type of cattle |
| THETROSSACHS | Loch Katrine is in this popular tourist area of Scotland |
| STRATHSPEY | Area of Scotland with a high concentration of single malt distilleries |
