| HAWICK | Borders town on Scotland's textile trail that is home to the Lovat Mill and to tweed, for the latter's name was accidentally coined there (6) |
| DERBY | Tweed for the County team? (5) |
| SCOUTS | The Lovat ___, 'Royal Scot' No 46128 (6) |
| LOWRY | British painter of the works Coming from the Mill and Going to the Match |
| LEE | Victor at Gaines's Mill and Cold Harbor |
| TREAD | Word linking "caterpillar", "mill" and "water" (5) |
| GREENMOUNTAINS | Go to this Vermont area to hike the Long Trail that was the inspiration for the Appalachian Trail |
| AYR | Town on Scotland's west coast where Robert the Bruce held the first Parliament of Scotland in 1315 (3) |
| LITERATE | That is for the latter to become learned in (8) |
| MEGSON | Gary ....... former West Brom. Bolton and Sheffield Wednesday manager: played for the latter club in the '80s (6) |
| IRVINE | Town on Scotland's Firth of Clyde, a former royal burgh and 12th Century military capital (6) |
| GREEN | Colour of emeralds, baize, lovat tweed and kale; or, a grassy area in the centre of a village (5) |
| DERWENT | The valleys of Derbyshire, including this one, became important sites for textile mills in the 18th and early 19th centuries. UNESCO designated these mills and the surrounding landscape a World Herita |
| FIRKIN | From "fourth", word for a quarter of a barrel originally, later nine gallons of ale or beer; 56lb of butter; a small cask/keg for the latter, or for cheese, eels, herrings, lard, soap or wine (6) |
| LLOYDGEORGE | Who was prime minister of the UK for the latter part of World War I? (5,6) |
| AUSTRALIA | Country whose climate attracted Barry Sheene to move there for the latter part of his life. (9) |
| BRIDE | A single wedding bell you'll hear for one, with a ring for the latter later! (5) |
| KELSO | Scottish border town on the Tweed (5) |
| PEEBLES | Scottish border town on the Tweed (7) |
| ISPOKE | File cabinet label for the latter half of the alphabet |
