| AUCHTERARDER | Career had rut, so changed to Perthshire town (12) |
| POLYTECHNIC | Policy then changed to cover start of conversion of old FE establishment (11) |
| RISEN | What comeback career had done, from dead |
| INTRIGUE | The genii are in a rut - so scheme! (8) |
| TOURISM | I'm in a rut so let's get into the travel business |
| LOCHEARNHEAD | Perthshire village, a popular centre for watersports (12) |
| SCHIEHALLION | Mountain in Perthshire (3,547 feet), located north of Loch Tay (12) |
| CULTYBRAGGAN | Former prisoner of war camp located in Perthshire (12) |
| CRIEFF | Starts to catch fire, catching fire tragically in Perthshire town (6) |
| THEHERMITAGE | Definitive legacy accommodates mass in Perthshire forest attraction (3,9) |
| HOUSEOFBRUAR | Perthshire-based retailer dubbed as the 'Harrods of the Highlands' (5,2,5) |
| PITLOCHRY | Perthshire town on River Tummel (*chirpy lot) (9) |
| OCHRY | Perthshire town abandoning pit left full of colourful earth |
| DUNKELD | Fly named after a Perthshire town (7) |
| KILLIN | Family sick in Perthshire town (6) |
| GIBBONS | Perthshire town apes old stamping ground (7,7) |
| STANLEY | Perthshire town apes old stamping ground (7,7) |
| ABERFELDY | Perthshire town on the River Tay (9) |
| RESIGNED | Quit and then changed one's mind? |
| OOPS | Comment made about blunder, so changed around procedure |
