| DUNFERMLINE | City in which Iain Banks was born (11) |
| CHICAGOCUB | Ernie Banks was one |
| THECROWROAD | Iain Banks novel featuring the character Uncle Rory (3,4,4) |
| THEBUSINESS | 1999 novel by Iain Banks |
| TOGARBADALE | 2007 novel by Iain Banks (3,5,8,2,9) |
| WASPFACTORY | 'The ------ ', 1984 novel by Iain Banks (4,7) |
| FITTED | One teetotal person in US bank was suitable (6) |
| ENABLED | Electronic bank was first given appropriate power to operate (7) |
| THAMES | River whose south bank was the site of the Mortlake tapestry works established during James I's reign (6) |
| GATINEAU | Iain banks dividing cake in Quebec city (8) |
| ROAD | Type of thoroughfare in titles of books by authors including Iain Banks, Maeve Binchy, Erskine Caldwell and George Orwell (4) |
| BRIDGE | The ___, 1986 novel by Iain Banks (6) |
| CROWROAD | The ___, 1992 novel by Iain Banks (4,4) |
| BUSINESS | "The ...", 1999 Iain Banks novel featuring the character Kate Telman (8) |
| TRANSITION | 2009 novel by Iain Banks (10) |
| STONEMOUTH | 2012 novel by Iain Banks (10) |
| COMPLICITY | 1993 novel by Iain Banks (10) |
| WALKING | 1985 novel by Iain Banks (7,2,5) |
| CROW | The - Road; Iain Banks novel adapted into a mini-series (4) |
| DEAD | And 13 2002 novel by Iain Banks (4,3) |
