| ALEXANDERGIBSON | Knighted and longest-serving conductor of the Scottish National Orchestra (9,6) |
| SNOOKER | Scottish National Orchestra and late ruler after fair game (7) |
| RAVI | National Orchestra of India founder Shankar |
| PIANO | It's played in any national orchestra, for starters (5) |
| 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) |
| COMPTONMACKENZIE | Author of Whisky Galore and co-founder of the Scottish National Party |
| STURGEON | Nicola ---, leader of the Scottish National Party and First Minister of Scotland since 2014 (8) |
| BLACKFORD | Ian ---, Leader of the Scottish National Party in the House of Commons 2017-22 (9) |
| EDINBURGH | Birth city of Sir Walter Scott, site of the Scottish National Gallery (9) |
| ARTUROTOSCANINI | Conductor of the world premiere of "La boheme" |
| 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) |
| STRACHAN | Douglas ___, designer of the stained-glass windows for the Scottish National War Memorial in Edinbur |
| KEKKONEN | Urho ___, eighth and longest- serving President of Finland, in office from 1956 to 1981 (8) |
| EWING | Winnie, Scottish politician who won the Hamilton by-election in 1967 for the Scottish National Party (5) |
| NIGHTENGALE | Annie ---, Radio 1's first female presenter and longest-serving DJ (11) |
| WILLIAM | Black-eyed Peas member and longest-serving Voice UK judge (4.1.2) |
| KEN | _ Barlow, Corrie legend and longest-serving soap character ever (3) |
| HMCSORIOLE | Royal Canadian Navy's oldest and longest serving ship, _ _ _ _ ___ |