| SKARABRAE | Neolithic village in Orkney (5,4) |
| BRAE | Skara ---, Neolithic village in Orkney, uncovered by a storm in 1850 (4) |
| SKARA | Down Neolithic village in the Orkney Islands, NE Scotland (5,4) |
| SCAPAFLOW | Wartime naval base in Orkney (5,4) |
| KITCHENER | Memorial on Marwick Head in Orkney (9) |
| SHAPINSAY | A great deal of moulding, for example, in Orkney (9) |
| HENGES | Neolithic earthworks often containing stone circles such as the Stripple Stones on Bodmin Moor, the Ring of Brodgar in Orkney or that in Avebury (6) |
| MERINO | Farmer in Orkney brings in wool supplier (6) |
| MAESHOWE | Neolithic chambered cairn in Orkney (8) |
| WESTRAYWIFE | Neolithic female figurine discovered in Orkney (7,4) |
| NORSE | Old --; language of the Vikings; a form of which was spoken in Orkney and the islands mentioned in 3 |
| SCAPA | and 5dn, Landlocked anchorage in Orkney; a major naval base in both World Wars |
| ARCHIPELAGO | Token beer knocked back in old ship in Orkney, say |
| MAGNUS | Saint to whom the cathedral in Kirkwall in Orkney is dedicated (6) |
| HONESTLY | Comfortable place left in island in Orkney to be frank (8) |
| FLOW | Landlocked anchorage in Orkney; a major naval base in both World Wars (5,4) |
| KNOWE | ___ of Yarso is a neolithic burial chamber on Rousay in Orkney (5) |
| ROOST | In Orkney, the current resting-place |
| HOMINY | Minister in Orkney island makes porridge |
| VOAR | In Orkney and Shetland, springtime (4) |