| SWINNEY | John ___, leader of the Scottish National Party (7) |
| WAKEHAM | John ___, Leader of the House of Commons from 1987-89 (7) |
| SMITH | John ___, leader of the 4/18, 1992-1994 (5) |
| BLACKFORD | Ian ---, Leader of the Scottish National Party in the House of Commons 2017-22 (9) |
| STURGEON | Nicola ---, leader of the Scottish National Party and First Minister of Scotland since 2014 (8) |
| COMPTONMACKENZIE | Author of Whisky Galore and co-founder of the Scottish National Party |
| SALMOND | Nut buried beneath left bank of Seine if Scottish National Party Leader (7) |
| EWING | Winnie, Scottish politician who won the Hamilton by-election in 1967 for the Scottish National Party (5) |
| SNOOP | Investigate two failures in the Scottish National Party (5) |
| ANNABEL | Forename of Baroness Goldie, former Leader of the Scottish Conservative Party (7) |
| SCOTIA | The ... Sea is that part of the South Atlantic Ocean named after a vessel of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition of 1902-04 (6) |
| LANDSEER | Who painted The Monarch of the Glen, one of the Scottish National Gallery's most popular exhibits? (8) |
| COLLINS | Former National Party leader - w 58ac (6,7) |
| HOLLAND | National Party PM who reinstated the death penalty in 1950 (7) |
| EDINBURGH | Birth city of Sir Walter Scott, site of the Scottish National Gallery (9) |
| BENNETT | National Party politician, Paula ... (7) |
| ALEXFERGUSON | Manager in charge of the Scottish national football team for the 1986 World Cup (4,8) |
| TARTAN | ____ Army, informal term for fans of the Scottish national football team (6) |
| ALEXANDERGIBSON | Knighted and longest-serving conductor of the Scottish National Orchestra (9,6) |
| YOUSAF | Year old America has strong Scottish National Party Leader (6) |