| GOLFCLUBS | E.g. Royal Dornoch and Muirfield (4,5) |
| LINKS | Sausages for golf courses like Royal Dornoch and St Andrews (5) |
| STAGS | E.g. royals, imperials and monarchs (5) |
| CHANDLER | Characters from Dornoch and Lerwick ringing Wick trader? (8) |
| CLABBYDOO | Retriever near edge of Dornoch cracks my large shellfish there |
| SECONDARY | Doctors close, say, Dornoch educational establishment (9,6) |
| COUNTYTOWNS | Before government reorganisation, Dolgellau, Dornoch, Forfar and Stonehaven, eg (6,5) |
| GOLFCLUB | A driver, say, in Muirfield or Royal Portrush perhaps (4,4) |
| SPOONFED | Spoiled golf club -iron -on the last at Muirfield (8) |
| ALFPERRY | English golfer who won the 1935 Open Championship at Muirfield |
| ELS | 2002 winner at Muirfield |
| OHIO | State of Muirfield Village (4) |
| GULLANE | Location of Muirfield golf course (7) |
| OCHRE | Pigment found in the Dornoch region |
| THEMOUND | Highland Railway junction for the Dornoch branch (3,5) |
| SUTHERLAND | County in which Dornoch can be found (10) |
| TAIN | Edit first half of National on the Dornoch Firth (4) |
| SCHOOL | Doctors close, say, Dornoch educational establishment (9,6) |
| EMBO | Team Ibrox regularly appearing in village near Dornoch (4) |
| SKIBO | Sutherland castle west of Dornoch (5) |
