| OTTERBURN | Moonlit battle in 1388 in which the Scots led by the Earl of Douglas defeated the English led by brothers Harry Hotspur and Sir Ralph Percy (9) |
| BANNOCKBURN | Site in central Scotland of a 1314 battle at which the Scots, led by Robert the Bruce, triumphed over the English (11) |
| WALLACE | Which Scottish hero (William ___) defeated the English army at Stirling? (7) |
| AUCHTERARDER | Town near Perth which was burnt down in 1716 by the Earl of Mar's Jacobites after the battle of Sheriffmuir in 1715 (12) |
| NEAGH | Freshwater lough in Northern Ireland owned by the Earl of Shaftesbury that is the largest lake by area in the British Isles (5) |
| LOUGHNEAGH | Largest freshwater lake by area in the British Isles, owned by the Earl of Shaftesbury (5,5) |
| PINEAPPLE | The -; folly in Scotland built in 1761 by the Earl of Dunmore (9) |
| PROSSER | Mr L ___, council worker who demolished Arthur Dent's house at the beginning of Douglas Adams's The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy |
| HIGHCLERECASTLE | Hampshire stately home owned by the Earls of Carnarvon (9,6) |
| ALLSTON | Washington -; artist whose paintings include Belshazzar's Feast, Elijah in the Desert, The Flight of Florimell and Moonlit Landscape (7) |
| ORC | Any of a race of creatures led by the Great Goblin in The Hobbit (3) |
| SUDAN | African state that, led by the religious leader known as The Mahdi, fought Egyptian/British control in the late 19th century (5) |
| MANISANISLAND | Description of the location of Douglas? |
| IOMOTH | American fly-by-night books in place of Douglas and Henry |
| CARDROSS | First sign of Douglas Ross following vehicle to village on the Firth of Clyde (8) |
| THEROADTO | On which 24 28 had a moonlit rendezvous in the Burmese way? (3,4,2,8) |
| MANDALAY | On which 24 28 had a moonlit rendezvous in the Burmese way? (3,4,2,8) |
| STEVEBRUCE | Former Manchester United centre back sacked as manager of Newcastle United in October 2021 after their takeover by a consortium led by the Saudi Arabian government's sovereign wealth fund |
| IMPI | Meaning "combat, war", a body of Zulu warriors, divided into the chests, horns and loins, led by the indunas (4) |
| DONALD | Aircraft designer Douglas of Douglas Aircraft |
