| ABBOTSFORD | Former residence of Sir Walter Scott near Melrose on the River Tweed |
| COLDSTREAM | Small town in the Borders (pop about 2,000), on the River Tweed (10) |
| PEEBLES | Scots county town on the river Tweed |
| 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) |
| EDINBURGH | Birth city of Sir Walter Scott, site of the Scottish National Gallery (9) |
| 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) |
| TIBET | Where the former residence of the Dalai Lama is located |
| TEVIOT | Scottish Borders river, a tributary of the River Tweed (6) |
| LOCHINVAR | Hero of Sir Walter Scott |
| KELSO | Market town in the Scottish Borders, at the confluence of the rivers Tweed and Teviot (5) |
| RAEBURN | Sir Henry, Scottish painter whose portraits include that of Sir Walter Scott in 1822 (7) |
| DUNFERMLINE | A town in Fife, a former residence of Scottish kings and birthplace of the industrialist Andrew Carnegie (11) |
| IVANHOE | Vancouver-based mining company sharing the name of Sir Walter Scott's 1819 Saxon knight novel |
| 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) |
| OSBORNE | -- House; former residence of Queen Victoria in East Cowes (7) |
| ROXBURGH | Village between the rivers Tweed and Teviot in the Scottish Borders (8) |
| AMYROBSART | Heroine of Sir Walter Scott's novel Kenilworth (3,7) |
| VALLETTA | Maltese capital, site of the Queen's former residence as Princess Elizabeth, Villa Guardamangia (8) |
