| CAITHNESS | North-eastern extremity of mainland Scotland (9) |
| RUNAWAY | Cape ___ - eastern extremity of Bay of Plenty (7) |
| WRATH | Cape ?, promontory at the NW extremity of mainland Scotland (5) |
| PETERHEAD | Aberdeenshire town at the easternmost point of mainland Scotland (9) |
| WEATHERED | We'd be round at her eastern extremity, hardened by exposure (9) |
| DUNNETHEAD | The northernmost point of mainland Scotland (6,4) |
| BITTEREND | Furthest extremity of any line on board; also, final phase of a struggle |
| CAPEWRATH | Promontory at the N.W. extremity of the Scottish mainland (4,5) |
| POPESNOSE | Fatty extremity of a cooked fowl (4,1,4) |
| BYRON | Bay on the Australian mainland's eastern extremity (5) |
| MILEEND | In London, a very short distance to the eastern extremity |
| ARDS | ? Peninsula, landform in Northern Ireland separated from mainland Scotland by the North Channel |
| CALMAC | Major operator of ferries between mainland Scotland and the islands off the west coast (6) |
| SKYEBRIDGE | Road connection over Loch Alsh connecting mainland Scotland to the 'Island of Mist' (4,6) |
| MINCH | The ___, 2 separating the mainland Scotland from Lewis and Harris (5) |
| GREATCUMBRAE | Island between Bute and mainland Scotland (5,7) |
| HEBRIDES | Both outsiders reside abroad in location off mainland Scotland (8) |
| THEMINCH | Sea channel between the Outer Hebrides and mainland Scotland (3,5) |
| FIRTH | Channel between mainland Scotland and the Orkney Islands (8,5) |
| PENTLAND | Channel between mainland Scotland and the Orkney Islands (8,5) |
