| GREATGLEN | Area in Scotland running for 62 miles (100 km) from Inverness on the edge of the Moray Firth (5,4) |
| NAIRN | Ancient fishing port and market town east of Inverness, on the Moray Firth (5) |
| COLORADOSPRINGS | US city 100 km from Denver near Pikes Peak (8,7) |
| BURN | In Scotland running water may burst into flame (4) |
| NESS | Loch south of the Moray Firth (4) |
| RANCE | 62-mile-long river of north-western France. flowing into the Channel between Dinand and St. Malo (6) |
| HIGHLANDGAMES | What was held in Inverness on 15 July? (8-5) |
| TENK | 62-mile-long running event |
| TROSSACHS | Area in Scotland described as the Highlands in miniature, where Sir Walter Scott's The Lady of the Lake is set (9) |
| KARAKORAM | Mountain system extending some 300 miles (500 km) from the easternmost extension of Afghanistan in a southeasterly direction along the watershed between Central and South Asia. These mountains have th |
| INVERNESS | City in Scotland on the Moray Firth (9) |
| LAURAMUIR | Runner from Inverness who won gold in the 1500m at the 2022 Commonwealth Games (5,4) |
| STKILDA | This is a cluster of three small Atlantic islands in the Outer Hebrides group of Scotland, situated 110 miles (180 km) from the mainland. The islands are a nature reserve under the authority of the Na |
| CALEDONIA | Overlooking loch, visited one area in Scotland (9) |
| KNOCKANDO | Distillery in Scotland named after the Moray village in which it is located (9) |
| KURIL | Name of the island chain archipelago that extends for 750 miles (1,200 km) from the southern tip of the Kamchatka Peninsula to the northeastern corner of Hokkaido island. (5) |
| TAMPICO | City on the north bank of the Panuco River in E Mexico, 6 miles (10 km) from the Gulf of Mexico (7) |
| BLACKISLE | Peninsula in the Scottish Highlands between the Moray and Cromarty Firths (5,4) |
| NERVINESS | Coming from Inverness with timidity (9) |
| CHIANG | In 1934 around 100,000 Chinese communists under the leadership of Mao Tse-tung retreated 10,000 km from the Nationalist Army of ... Kai-Shek in what was to become known as the Long March |
