| STCUTHBERTSWAY | Long-distance trail from Melrose to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne (2,9,3) |
| THRU | ____ hiking, the process of hiking a long distance trail from end to end. |
| SOMMELIER | Wine waiter from Melrose I'm representing (9) |
| ROMMEL | Field marshal from Melrose held hostage (6) |
| NORTHUMBERLAND | Holy Island or Lindisfarne belongs to this historic English county (14) |
| UNCONVENTIONAL | Bohemian learner joining a foreign religious house on holy island (14) |
| CUTHBERT | Saint of Lindisfarne whose life, legacy and protection of nature, particularly of his namesake Cuddy's duck, are regarded as an early blueprint for wildlife conservation (8) |
| BAMBURGH | Northumberland castle, about 5 miles southeast of Lindisfarne |
| SANDCASTLE | Model players plugging smooth covers of Lindisfarne (10) |
| TREARDDUR | Bay, village resort south of Holyhead on the west coast of Holy Island (9) |
| MECCA | After a month one returns to take head of clan to the holy city (5) |
| AIDAN | Irish saint, first bishop of Lindisfarne (5) |
| PRIORY | Lindisfarne ___, ruined monastery on Holy Island (6) |
| RED | See 11 Dn. False trail from the fishmongers? (3,7) |
| HERRING | See 3Dn False trail from the fishmongers? (3,7) |
| SOLAR | Fly keeping close to trail from light source (5) |
| INDEPENDENCE | City in Missouri, starting point for the Santa Fe trail from 1831-44 (12) |
| SANTAFE | US state capital and end of a wagon trail from west Missouri (1821-80) (5,2) |
| ANTS | Emmets sometimes following a precise invisible line or pheromone trail from formicary to picnic (4) |
| LINDISFARNE | Holy Island, off the coast of Northumberland (11) |
