| INVERNESS | City in northern Scotland (9) |
| ELGIN | Former royal burgh and cathedral city in northern Scotland (pop about 25,000 (5) |
| CAIRNGORM | - Mountains, range in northern Scotland whose highest peak is Ben Macdhui (9) |
| HIGHLANDS | Region of northern Scotland (9) |
| CRESTEDTIT | Small bird, widespread in much of Europe, and found in ancient pinewoods in northern Scotland |
| WICK | Found in a candle in northern Scotland |
| SCAPAFLOW | Sheltered harbour off northern Scotland in which the German navy scuttled its fleet after First World War (5,4) |
| WHIMBREL | In UK this bird breeds only in northern Scotland (8) |
| OYKEL | Salmon river in northern Scotland (5) |
| CROMARTY | Firth in northern Scotland (8) |
| CAIRNGORMS | Mountains in northern Scotland (10) |
| ROTHES | Small town, south of Elgin, in northern Scotland (6) |
| WILDCAT | Feline found in northern Scotland (7) |
| ALTNAHARRA | Small village south of Tongue in northern Scotland (10) |
| DEE | River in northern Scotland (3) |
| ROSSANDCROMARTY | Scotsman with dry roar travelling in northern Scotland (4,3,8) |
| SUTHERLAND | Sparsely populated county in northern Scotland, reputedly the last home of the now extinct native wolf (10) |
| ORKNEYISLANDS | Archipelago in northern Scotland which has been inhabited for at least 8500 years (6,7) |
| ULLAPOOL | Village and port in northern Scotland on the east shore of Loch Broom (8) |
| NESS | Loch _, lake in the Great Glen of northern Scotland (4) |
