| BARBOUR | John ___, Scot who founded a weatherproof clothing company in South Shields in 1894 (7) |
| CORNISH | _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Scot - Glasgow to Penzance service 1987-2002 (7) |
| ORINOCO | Soldiers in old company in South American river (7) |
| PARKA | Weatherproof clothing father used around sailing vessel |
| OFF | Get ___ scot-free |
| HUGOBOSS | German fashion designer who founded a self-named clothing company in Metzingen in 1923 (4,4) |
| BURBERRY | Thomas, English gentlemen's outfitter who founded an outdoor clothing company in 1856 (8) |
| RENELACOSTE | Athlete who started a clothing company in 1933 |
| CHACO | Tea company in South America, it's plain (5) |
| COINS | Change for company in south |
| CANDIDA | George Bernard Shaw stage play first performed in 1895 in South Shields (7) |
| ROBSON | Flora, stage and screen actress born in South Shields in 1902 (6) |
| SIMPSON | There are statues showing this WWI Gallipoli hero and his donkey at his birthplace in the UK's South Shields and in front of Canberra's War Memorial |
| HALDANE | Scot who was Labour's first-ever Lord Chancellor, in 1924 (7,7) |
| RICHARD | Scot who was Labour's first-ever Lord Chancellor, in 1924 (7,7) |
| MILLICAN | Sarah, English comedian born in South Shields in 1975 (8) |
| SHUTTER | Opaque shield in a camera (7) |
| SWANSON | Scot who was in charge of the 19th c Jack the Ripper investigations (6,7) |
| FECHTER | Tech ref turns out to be Scot who doesn't give in easily (7) |
| FORSYTH | Scot who won twice on the European Tour, in 2002 and 2008 (7) |
