| LOCHABERAXE | Long-shafted weapon originating in the Scottish Highlands around 1500 (8,3) |
| LANCE | Name the long, shafted weapon once used by mounted soldiers in charging (5) |
| LANCER | What, in history, was a mounted soldier, armed with a long shafted weapon (6) |
| SPEAR | Long-shafted weapon |
| PIKE | Fish, a long-shafted weapon (4) |
| GOLDENEAGLE | Large bird of prey whose UK population is less than 1000, found mainly in the Scottish Highlands (6,5) |
| SPEARS | Long-shafted, pointed weapons of wood or metal for thrusting or throwing |
| HALBERD | Shafted weapon |
| EDE | Town in south-west Nigeria, said to have been founded around 1500 to protect the trade route between Oyo and Benin (3) |
| RIGVEDA | Oldest of the sacred books of Hinduism, composed in Sanskrit from around 1500 BC (3-4) |
| COLVILLE | Northernmost town on the Coromandel Peninsula, population around 1500 (8) |
| BOTTICELLI | Sandro, artist who painted the Mystic Nativity around 1500 (10) |
| SCOTSPINE | Growing in abundance in the Caledonian Forest in the Scottish Highlands, one of the three conifers n |
| LOCHNESS | Located in the Scottish Highlands, the most voluminous lake in the UK (4,4) |
| ARYANS | Tribe that invaded India around 1500 B.C. |
| LOCHMORAR | Situated four miles from Mallaig in the Scottish Highlands, the deepest body of freshwater in the British Isles (4,5) |
| HEATHER | Used by the Picts for ale and thriving in the Scottish Highlands, a flower ranging in colour from amethyst to shell pink, regarded lucky in its white form (7) |
| VIADUCT | Bridge in the form of a series of arches, such as that in Glenfinnan in the Scottish Highlands (7) |
| MORAG | Nickname of the monster said to live in Loch Morar in the Scottish Highlands (5) |
| TRAITORS | The ____, TV reality competition series filmed in the Scottish Highlands and shown in 2022 (8) |
