| ASTROPHYSICS | Edinburgh-based Professor Catherine Heymans's subject (12) |
| SARASHERIDAN | Edinburgh-based novelist who wrote the Mirabelle Bevan Mysteries (4,8) |
| REBUS | John ___, Edinburgh-based detective creation of Ian Rankin (5) |
| RBS | Edinburgh-based financial institution, founded 1727 (abbr.) (3) |
| HBOS | Edinburgh-based financial group (inits)(4) |
| OFARRELL | Maggie -, Edinburgh-based novelist (8) |
| SCOTSMAN | The ---, Edinburgh-based newspaper founded in 1817 |
| HIBS | Edinburgh-based SPFL team (4) |
| HEARTS | Edinburgh-based football club (6) |
| BREATHTAKING | Edinburgh? Why attack it in a couple of articles? Such cheek! (12,8) |
| FIRTHOFFIRTH | Inlet north of Edinburgh (5,2,5) |
| ANDREWGEDDES | Edinburgh-born painter and etcher (1783 1844) |
| CAPITALGAINS | Edinburgh benefits in taxation (7,5) |
| WATEROFLEITH | River running through Edinburgh (5,2,5) |
| SHALLOWGRAVE | Danny Boyle's directorial debut, a 1994 Edinburgh-set black comedy |
| WALLERBRIDGE | Phoebe ----/----, president of Edinburgh Fringe Society (6-6) |
| PRINCEEDWARD | Duke of Edinburgh (6,6) |
| ONEOCLOCKGUN | Time signal fired daily from Edinburgh Castle (3,6,3) |
| STANDREWSDAY | Stanley Edwards disrupted Yankee's holiday in Edinburgh? |
| TOURDEFRANCE | Edinburgh will host start of it in 2027 (4,2,6) |
