| GRIERSON | John - , Scottish pioneer of documentary film (8) |
| REITH | John --, Scottish pioneer of broadcasting (5) |
| BAIRD | John Scottish pioneer of the first television system (5,5) |
| LOGIE | John Scottish pioneer of the first television system (5,5) |
| PITCAIRN | Major John, Scottish marine officer killed in action at the Battle of Bunker Hill in 1775 (8) |
| RUNCIMAN | John -, Scottish artist whose works include 1767 oil King Lear in the Storm (8) |
| ADAMSMITH | Scottish pioneer of political economy, author of The Wealth of Nations (4,5) |
| RANKINE | William -, Scottish pioneer of thermodynamics |
| ROBERTWATSONWATT | Scottish pioneer of radar technology (6,6-4) |
| DUTY | Cameron isn't part of documentary out of loyalty (4) |
| HERREN | NBAer of documentary "Unguarded" |
| FLYONTHEWALL | Style of documentary by filming people as they normally do things (3,2,3,4) |
| POLYTHENE | End of documentary as a sequel screened by European - is that filmic? (9) |
| MCADAM | John, Scottish inventor of a type of road surface (6) |
| ARBUTHNOT | John ---, Scottish polymath, creator of John Bull (9) |
| GALT | John -, Scottish author of novels The Ayrshire Legatees and Annals of the Parish (4) |
| NAPIER | John, Scottish mathematician who originated the concept of logarithms (6) |
| HIGGINS | John, Scottish snooker player nicknamed The Wizard of Wishaw (7) |
| DUNLOP | John, Scottish devisor of the first pneumatic tyre (6) |
| KNOX | John, Scottish theologian who established the Presbyterian Church of Scotland in 1560 (4) |