| TROSSACHS | Area of Scotland preceded by Loch Lomond in the name of a national park |
| JASPER | Opaque stone used in jewellery; also name of a National Park of Alberta, Canada (6) |
| BUCHANAN | Ancient Scottish clan which is thought to have originated on the eastern side of Loch Lomond, in the 13th Century (8) |
| LOCH | Scottish word for a water body such as Lomond in the Trossachs (4) |
| COUNTRYSIDE | --- Commission for Scotland, preceded NatureScot (11) |
| BALMAHA | Village at foot of Conic Hill by Loch Lomond (7) |
| CONIC | .... Hill, at Balmaha by Loch Lomond (5) |
| DROVERS | Historic inn by Loch Lomond (7) |
| CUP | A mortarboard; a cone historically placed on the head of a "dunce" as a mark of disgrace; or, an item awarded to a selectee of a national sports team, hence the player chosen (3) |
| RANGER | Keeper of a national park or a forest (6) |
| KEITH | Small town in the Moray council area of Scotland with three distilleries, including Strathisla Distillery, one of the oldest in the Highlands |
| MEADOW | In 2013, as part of a national scheme launched by Prince Charles to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Queen's Coronation, a roadside nature reserve near Long Stratton was chosen as Norfolk's Coron |
| GRAMPIAN | The ___ Mountains form a large area of Scotland, including the Cairngorms (8) |
| EASTLOTHIAN | A council area of Scotland on the Firth of Forth, called Haddingtonshire until 1921 (4,7) |
| OFFA | Warrior king of the Mercians, whose 8th-century dyke can be followed in Clun in Shropshire and on other sections of a National Trail (4) |
| TREE | The National Arbor Day Foundation is pushing for the establishment of a national ___ |
| THETROSSACHS | Loch Katrine is in this popular tourist area of Scotland |
| STRATHSPEY | Area of Scotland with a high concentration of single malt distilleries |
| FIFE | Area of Scotland between the firths of Tay and Forth (4) |
| NAIRN | Town and former burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland |
