| CALEDONIANCANAL | Canna coal nailed travelling from Fort William to Inverness (10,5) |
| GREATGLEN | The ___ ___ Way runs from Fort William to Inverness - large gent shattered! (5, 4) |
| SCOT | One from Fort William? (4) |
| ENE | Dir. from Fort Worth, Tex. to Fort Lee, N.J. |
| ANNATTO | Remove head from canna and head from tulip to use in food colouring (7) |
| NNE | Dir. from Fort Knox to Louisville |
| USONE | Road from Fort Kent, Maine, to Key West, Fla. |
| LEGSIT | Perfectly allowable to get closer to Inverness, but runs away (4,2) |
| GARRISON | Discordant roarings coming from fort (8) |
| TEXAN | Person from Fort Worth or Corpus Christi for example |
| BOCARATON | City up the coast from Fort Lauderdale |
| GIFTS | Offerings from an American soldier, or from forts (5) |
| HITCHHIKERS | Those looking for free trip's irritation over price rise aboard, leads to hilarious results closer to Inverness (11) |
| ADVENTURERS | Commercial opening on two rivers close to Inverness for speculators? (11) |
| FORTGEORGE | Citadel built after the 1745 Jacobite rising, guarding the sea approaches to Inverness |
| NEBULOUS | Cloudy and no blue about? You close to Inverness? |
| POTSTILLS | Vessel closer to Inverness registers whisky producers (3,6) |
| KINGSCROSS | London station with a direct rail service to Inverness |
| STEAMIE | Laundry closer to Inverness side, that is (7) |
| SABRINA | Charlie's Angel closer to Inverness, in a bar, drunk (7) |
