| CAITHNESS | Historic county in Scotland's north, site of the Castle of Mey, a former residence of the Queen Mother (9) |
| HOLYROODHOUSE | The official residence of the Queen when in Scotland (13) |
| IGLOO | "Nanook of the North" site |
| DUNFERMLINE | A town in Fife, a former residence of Scottish kings and birthplace of the industrialist Andrew Carnegie (11) |
| WALMER | ___ Castle, fortification on the Kent coast; former residence of the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports (6) |
| TIBET | Where the former residence of the Dalai Lama is located |
| PENTLANDFIRTH | Location of Merry Men of Mey tidal race (8,5) |
| ROWIE | Call it an Aberdeen roll, buttery or the name in question, it is still a squashed croissant-like breakfast roll unique to Scotland's north-east (5) |
| UWE | German speed skater ___ Jens Mey |
| ABERDEEN | Scotland's North Sea oil centre |
| KENT | 'Garden of England', site of the 'castle of queens, queen of castles' and much of the North Downs (4) |
| LORDFARQUAAD | Ruler of the castle of Duloc in the Shrek film franchise, voiced by actor John Lithgow (4,8) |
| WALPOLE | Author of The Castle of Otranto and some 7,000 letters who was the youngest son of Britain's de facto first prime minister and created Strawberry Hill House (7) |
| VALLETTA | Maltese capital, site of the Queen's former residence as Princess Elizabeth, Villa Guardamangia (8) |
| ELSINORE | Site of the castle famous as the scene of Hamlet (8) |
| OSBORNE | -- House; former residence of Queen Victoria in East Cowes (7) |
| ABBOTSFORD | Former residence of Sir Walter Scott near Melrose on the River Tweed (10) |
| WESTMORLAND | Historic county in the north of England (11) |
| SUSSEX | Historic county in south-east England where a breed of cattle, chicken and spaniel originated (6) |
| STARK | House in Game Of Thrones whose members live in the castle of Winterfell (5) |
