| GEORGEBUCHANAN | Killearn-born tutor to Mary, Queen of Scots and James VI (6,8) |
| LEA | The green pasture in Killearn (3) |
| STUART | Henry -, Lord Darnley; second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots and the father of James I and VI of Scotland (6) |
| DARNLEY | Second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, and father of James I of England |
| JAMESI | Son of Mary, Queen of Scots and king of England and Ireland from 1603 until his death in 1625 (5,1) |
| SQUIRES | Members of a royal house including James I, Mary, Queen of Scots and Anne (7) |
| FRASER | Antonia ---, biographer of Mary, Queen of Scots and Marie Antoinette |
| LANGSIDE | Site of the last battle of forces loyal to Mary Queen of Scots before her exile to England (8) |
| ANTONIAFRASER | Historical biographer of Mary Queen of Scots and Oliver Cromwell, who also created Jemima Shore, the investigative journalist (7,6) |
| BEATON | Mary ----, lady-in-waiting to Mary Queen of Scots (6) |
| EDINBURGHCASTLE | Fortified site that was the birthplace of James I of England and James VI of Scotland in 1566 (9,6) |
| WISEST | 'The ____ fool in Christendom' - nickname of King James I of England and James VI of Scotland (6) |
| NONCONFORMISTS | Scot and son from inn represented as dissenters (14) |
| RIZZIO | David, personal secretary to Mary Queen of Scots who was assassinated in 1566 (6) |
| ALFRESCO | Old English king and James VI both briefly having a picnic, perhaps? (8) |
| ASCHAM | Scholar who dedicated his treatise Toxophilus to Henry VIII and, in return, was rewarded by said king with a royal pension and further honour of being assigned tutor to Prince Edward and Princess Eliz |
| PACKER | Media business dynasty including Kerry and James (6) |
| QUIRKILY | Oddly unrestrained, squire clipped garment of Scot and Yankee (8) |
| RALEGH | English adventurer and one-time royal favourite executed on the orders of James VI & I (6) |
| MASCOTRY | Mother of James VI embraces her subject of lucky charms (8) |
