| JOCKSROAD | High-level route linking Glen Clova to Braemar, via Glen Doll (5,4) |
| RASPBERRIES | 'Cascade Delight', 'Fallgold' and 'Glen Clova' are varieties of these (11) |
| GALRAVAGE | Queen in festivity very briefly taking time to let hair down at Braemar? |
| LYNNOFDEE | Gorge near Braemar (4,2,3) |
| LOCHNAGAR | Munro near Braemar (9) |
| SILKROAD | 4,000 mile-long ancient caravan route linking China to the Mediterranean that was traversed by Marco Polo (4,4) |
| STRAITOFMAGELLAN | Chilean sea route linking the Atlantic and Pacific oceans |
| SILK | Ancient trade route linking China and Imperial Rome, the ... Road |
| ELCAMINOREAL | Californian route linking 21 historical Spanish missions |
| BENAVON | Brought up components of techno vane balanced on high point near Braemar (3,4) |
| 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) |
| ABHOR | Hate a house in outskirts of Braemar (5) |
| MARQUEE | In Braemar, Queen finds a temporary outdoor structure (7) |
| BRIAR | The Braemar Airbnb has climbing wild rose (5) |
| EAR | A unit of wheat up in Braemar (3) |
| LOCHTILT | Small body of water near Braemar (4,4) |
| ROYALDEESIDE | Area around Braemar, so named because of connections with Queen Victoria (5,7) |
| HIGHLANDGAMES | E.g. Braemar meeting |
| BALMORAL | - Castle; situated on an estate overlooked by Lochnagar, the Scottish residence of the royal family on the River Dee near Braemar (8) |
