| STAFFA | Island in the Inner Hebrides housing Fingal's Cave |
| BASALT | Rock that forms the columns of Fingal's Cave on the island of Staffa (6) |
| MENDELSSOHN | Felix, composer of the overture Fingal's Cave (11) |
| IONA | Island in the Inner Hebrides, the 'birthplace of Christianity in Scotland' (4) |
| IGNEOUS | The basalt of e.g. Fingal's Cave is this sort of rock (7) |
| ROCKMUSIC | Fingal's Cave for example? Yes and no |
| JURA | Island in the Inner Hebrides separated from the Scottish mainland by the Sound of ___ (4) |
| EIGG | A small island in the Inner Hebrides bought by the community in 1997 (4) |
| CANNA | Small island in the Inner Hebrides, left to the National Trust for Scotland in 1981 (5) |
| ISLAY | Island in the Inner Hebrides, part of the Gaelic kingdom of Dal Riata (5) |
| RAASAY | Island in the Inner Hebrides (24 sq miles; pop 160), the birthplace of Sorley Maclean (6) |
| MULL | A mountainous island in the Inner Hebrides, the chief town of which is Tobennory (4) |
| SKYE | Isle of _, the largest and northernmost of the major islands in the Inner Hebrides (4) |
| MUCK | Island in the Inner Hebrides (4) |
| TIREE | Fertile island in the Inner Hebrides, a popular windsurfing venue (5) |
| COLL | A small island in the Inner Hebrides (pop about 200) (4) |
| LUNGA | Small unpopulated island in the Inner Hebrides, lying west of Mull (5) |
| RHUM | Island in the Inner Hebrides (4) |
| COLONSAY | Small island in the Inner Hebrides (15.7 sq miles; pop about 150), west of Jura (8) |
| CAVE | Fingal's ---- is on Staffa Island (4) |
