| RUNRIG | Celtic rock band formed on the Isle of Skye in 1973 (6) |
| DIRECTION | Chart-topping boy band formed on The X Factor in 2010, One --------- (9) |
| PATINA | A film of oxide formed on the surface of a metal (6) |
| ESCHAR | A dry scab formed on the skin following a burn or cauterization of the skin. |
| SCARAB | Dry crust formed on the outside of a river beetle (6) |
| OLDMAN | Iconic pinnacle on Isle of Skye - makes front door slam! (3,3) |
| EIGG | One of the Small Isles in the Scottish Inner Hebrides, to the south of the Isle of Skye |
| DUNVEGAN | Castle on the Isle of Skye, seat of the chief of the Clan MacLeod (8) |
| WOOLF | Daughter of Sir Leslie Stephen and sister of Vanessa Bell who wrote several novels including To the Lighthouse, set on the Isle of Skye (5) |
| MACLEOD | Dunvegan Castle on the Isle of Skye is the ancestral home of which Scottish clan? (7) |
| BONNIEPRINCECHARLIE | Claimant to the British throne associated with the Isle of Skye (6,6,7) |
| TALISKER | The only distillery on the Isle of Skye |
| DRYNOCH | Village east of Loch Harport on the Isle of Skye (7) |
| LIGHTHOUSE | Virginia Woolf novel set on the Isle of Skye, 'To the -' (10) |
| PORTREE | The capital and largest town on the Isle of Skye (7) |
| TOTHELIGHTHOUSE | 1927 novel by Virginia Woolf centring on the Ramsays and their visits to the Isle of Skye |
| ALOUD | Permitted to hear girls in band formed on Popstars: The Rivals in 2002 (5) |
| BROADFORD | Second largest village on the Isle of Skye (9) |
| FAIRYPOOLS | Tourist attraction popular with wild swimmers on the Isle of Skye (5,5) |
| HOGMANAY | Ah, many go awry in the Isle of Skye then. (8) |
