| ABBOTSFORD | Near Galashiels, former residence of Sir Walter Scott (10) |
| MELROSE | Town with an abbey near Galashiels (7) |
| AMYROBSART | Heroine of Sir Walter Scott's novel Kenilworth (3,7) |
| LOCHINVAR | Hero of Sir Walter Scott |
| RICHARDSON | Samuel -, author of 1753 novel The History of Sir Charles Grandison (10) |
| DISPENSARY | Medical provider from Galashiels at last writes in Daily Record |
| ELEMENTARY | US TV series based on the works of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (10) |
| EDINBURGH | Birth city of Sir Walter Scott, site of the Scottish National Gallery (9) |
| HALFNELSON | Wrestling hold over fifty per cent of Sir Horatio (4,6) |
| PORTTALBOT | Welsh town known for steelworks, birthplace of Sir Anthony Hopkins (4,6) |
| CAITHNESS | Historic county in Scotland's north, site of the Castle of Mey, a former residence of the Queen Mother (9) |
| RAEBURN | Sir Henry, Scottish painter whose portraits include that of Sir Walter Scott in 1822 (7) |
| DUNFERMLINE | A town in Fife, a former residence of Scottish kings and birthplace of the industrialist Andrew Carnegie (11) |
| EXTENUATE | Play down posh tea served at former residence of PM (9) |
| OSBORNE | -- House; former residence of Queen Victoria in East Cowes (7) |
| TIBET | Where the former residence of the Dalai Lama is located |
| HENRYRAEBURN | Scottish painter whose portraits include that of Sir Walter Scott in 1822 (5,7) |
| IVANHOE | Vancouver-based mining company sharing the name of Sir Walter Scott's 1819 Saxon knight novel |
| KELSO | Scottish town of Sir Walter Scott's youth |
| GILBERT | Sir Humphrey, 16th Century explorer who was a half-brother of Sir Walter Raleigh (7) |
