| STAFFA | Island in the Inner Hebrides that includes the cavern Fingal's Cave (6) |
| RAASAY | Island in the Inner Hebrides (24 sq miles; pop 160), the birthplace of Sorley Maclean (6) |
| BASALT | Rock that forms the columns of Fingal's Cave on the island of Staffa (6) |
| GROTTO | Got worried about the decay in the cavern (6) |
| JURA | Island in the Inner Hebrides that is 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) |
| IONA | Island in the Inner Hebrides, the 'birthplace of Christianity in Scotland' (4) |
| ALASKA | State possible response to 'will she dance with me?' in the Cavern Club? (6) |
| VERNAL | It's like spring in the cavern already (6) |
| ISLAY | Island in the Inner Hebrides, part of the Gaelic kingdom of Dal Riata (5) |
| 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) |
| CANYON | Where the cavern was in which dwelt, excavating for a mine, the miner, forty-niner, and his daughter |
| CRAVEN | Very much afraid the cavern will collapse (6) |
| COLL | Small island in the Inner Hebrides (about 30 sq miles; pop about 200) (4) |
| TIREE | Fertile island in the Inner Hebrides, a popular windsurfing venue (5) |
| LUNGA | Small unpopulated island in the Inner Hebrides, lying west of Mull (5) |
| COLONSAY | Island in the Inner Hebrides, located north of Islay and south of Mull |
| MUCK | Island in the Inner Hebrides (4) |
