| PENINSULA | Area of land such as the Black Isle (9) |
| ISTHMUS | Strip of land such as the one dominated by the presence of the Suez Canal (7) |
| ISLES | Pieces of land such as the Scillies |
| PLAIN | Flat expanse of land, such as the Nullarbor (5) |
| GREEN | Sharing its root with "grass", the verdant colour of growing herbage; or, a graminaceous piece of land, such as a golf course or a village centre (5) |
| ISLE | Small bit of land such as Wight or Skye |
| BERM | Edging of land such as a road's shoulder |
| LAYWASTE | Devastate a piece of land such as by burning or plundering (8) |
| DOMINICAN | Member of the monastic order also known as the Black Friars |
| LEK | Small area of ground used for courtship displays by birds such as the black grouse and the bird of p |
| SEABASS | Food and sport fish such as the Black ------ , Centropristes striatus, of the Atlantic coast of the US (3,4) |
| CROMARTY | Scottish town at the tip of the Black Isle (8) |
| ROSEMARKIE | Village on the Black Isle near Fortrose on the north side of Chanonry Ness (10) |
| REDKITE | Bird of prey reintroduced on the Black Isle in the late 1980s and early 1990s (3,4) |
| WELL | A healing spring on the Black Isle where strips of cloth are left on a tree (7,4) |
| CLOOTIE | A healing spring on the Black Isle where strips of cloth are left on a tree (7,4) |
| SPINELS | Glassy minerals or gems such as the Black Prince's Ruby in the Imperial State Crown or the Timur Ruby (7) |
| NEWFOUNDLAND | A large breed of dog such as the black-and-white Landseer or the fictional example Nana in J. M. Barrie's Peter and Wendy (12) |
| KESSOCK | Bridge between Inverness and the Black Isle (7) |
| ADORABLE | Lovely day over in land such as this (8) |
