| MARLODGE | Estate near Braemar (3,5) |
| BALMORAL | - Castle; situated on an estate overlooked by Lochnagar, the Scottish residence of the royal family on the River Dee near Braemar (8) |
| LOCHTILT | Small body of water near Braemar (4,4) |
| LYNNOFDEE | Gorge near Braemar (4,2,3) |
| LOCHNAGAR | Munro near Braemar (9) |
| BENAVON | Brought up components of techno vane balanced on high point near Braemar (3,4) |
| BESTHOME | Woods End, an eco house on the Hargham Estate near Attleborough, won Channel 5's Britain's ... in 2009 (4, 4) |
| DESTE | Villa ___ (estate near Rome) |
| TARA | Estate near Twelve Oaks |
| GLYNDEBOURNE | Estate near Lewes, East Sussex, hosting an annual festival of opera (12) |
| CHATSWORTH | Duke and Duchess of Devonshire's home and estate near Bakewell in Derbyshire, said to have inspired Jane Austen's Pemberley (10) |
| DOUNETHERABBITHOLE | What festival was held at Cardross Estate, near Stirling in July? (5-3-6-4) |
| DUMFRIESHOUSE | Palladian country mansion and estate near Cumnock, bought and restored by a consortium headed by the then Prince Charles (8,5) |
| TATTON | ____ Hall, medieval manor house with an estate near Knutsford in Cheshire (6) |
| INITIALLETTERS | Original landlords got rent from real estate near town! |
| DEE | River that rises in the Cairngorms and flows eastwards through Braemar and the Balmoral Estate to the North Sea; or, an alchemist who was Elizabeth I's court astronomer (3) |
| DREAR | Gloomy GP covers regular parts of Braemar (5) |
| HIGHLANDGAMES | E.g. Braemar meeting |
| ABHOR | Hate a house in outskirts of Braemar (5) |
| ARMADA | Some in Braemar mad about ships |