| PENTLANDFIRTH | It's between Orkney and Scottish mainland (8,5) |
| ISLE | Island between Orkney and the Shetland Islands famous for its knitted jumpers (4,4)) |
| FAIR | Island between Orkney and the Shetland Islands famous for its knitted jumpers (4,4) |
| SOUTHERNISLES | Orkney and Shetland (8,5) |
| NORTHERNISLES | Orkney and Shetland |
| EYNHALLOWSOUND | Seaway between Mainland Orkney and Rousay Island (9,5) |
| SHETLAND | Archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands and Norway (8) |
| HARRIS | Bomber in location off Scottish mainland |
| DUNNETHEAD | The northernmost point of the Scottish mainland (6,4) |
| SPEYSIDE | Scottish mainland malt whiskies are Campbeltown, Lowland, Highland or ____ |
| THURSO | Most northerly town on the Scottish mainland (6) |
| HEBRIDES | Archipelago off the west coast of the Scottish mainland, The _ (8) |
| CAPEWRATHTRAIL | Hikers' route to Scottish mainland's NW tip (4,5,5) |
| NORWEGIAN | Orkney and Shetland were until 15th century (9) |
| NEWYORKYANKEES | Orkney and Skye anew cursed the nine of diamonds? |
| NORN | Old language of Orkney and Shetland |
| VOAR | In Orkney and Shetland, springtime (4) |
| VOE | Small bay, in Orkney and Shetland |
| SKEOS | Word used in Orkney and Shetland for huts or sheds (5) |
| ODAL | In Orkney and Shetland, an estate held without feudal superior (4) |
