| ABBOTSFORD | Former residence of Sir Walter Scott near Melrose on the River Tweed |
| PEEBLES | Town in SE Scotland on the banks of the River Tweed on the edge of which stands Neidpath Castle |
| COLDSTREAM | Small town in the Borders (pop about 2,000), on the River Tweed (10) |
| KELSO | Back at last on Central Belt. therefore on the River Tweed (5) |
| COLDSTREAMGUARDS | Regiment of the British Army which has its home on the north bank of the River Tweed (10,6) |
| CAITHNESS | Historic county in Scotland's north, site of the Castle of Mey, a former residence of the Queen Mother (9) |
| GALA | Gas enveloping birch that is left on the River Tweed (10) |
| SHIELS | Gas enveloping birch that is left on the River Tweed (10) |
| LEADER | Charlie has supplementary base on the River Tweed (10) |
| FOOT | Charlie has supplementary base on the River Tweed (10) |
| BIRGHAM | Criminal - grab him on the River Tweed (7) |
| MELROSE | Perhaps Gibson got up on the River Tweed (7) |
| EDINBURGH | Birth city of Sir Walter Scott, site of the Scottish National Gallery (9) |
| TIBET | Where the former residence of the Dalai Lama is located |
| RAEBURN | Sir Henry, Scottish painter whose portraits include that of Sir Walter Scott in 1822 (7) |
| KETTLE | Cauldron; enclosed area formed by a police cordon; or, an oval pan for poaching a fish, traditionally at picnics on the banks of the river Tweed (6) |
| TEVIOT | Scottish Borders river, a tributary of the River Tweed (6) |
| DUNFERMLINE | A town in Fife, a former residence of Scottish kings and birthplace of the industrialist Andrew Carnegie (11) |
| HENRYRAEBURN | Scottish painter whose portraits include that of Sir Walter Scott in 1822 (5,7) |
| EXTENUATE | Play down posh tea served at former residence of PM (9) |
