| ROSNEATH | Peninsula in Argyll and Bute, but, until 1996 in Dunbartonshire (8) |
| DUNOON | Town on the Cowal peninsula in Argyll and Bute (6) |
| COWAL | Peninsula in Argyll and Bute (5) |
| CRAIGNISH | Peninsula in Argyll with ruined forts and standing stones (9) |
| RESIDENTEVIL | Capcom video game released in 1996, in which the objective is to escape from a mansion inhabited by zombies and similar creatures |
| SAVIONGLOVER | Tony-winning dancer busted for smoking a blunt in 1996 in New York City |
| RAILNET | System introduced in 1996 in which mail was carried by dedicated rolling stock (7) |
| LOCHLONG | Name applied to trio of Class 37s celebrating body of water in Argyll and Bute (4,4) |
| YACHTING | What "sailing" was called at the Olympics until 1996 (8) |
| BEARSDEN | Town in East Dunbartonshire (pop about 28,000), the site of a second century Roman fort (8) |
| KNAPDALE | Area of Argyll and Bute where beavers have been reintroduced (8) |
| ALANREID | Scottish Liberal Democrat MP for Argyll and Bute from 2001 to 2015 (4,4) |
| OBAN | Small port and resort in west Scotland in Argyll and Bute |
| MILTONOF | Pie, if mixed with common salt, leads to East Dunbartonshire source of 2Dn (6,2,7) |
| BENCRUACHAN | Mountain in Argyll and Bute that rises to a height of 1126m (3,8) |
| RHU | Village on the Gare Loch in Argyll and Bute (3) |
| OTTERFERRY | Settlement in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, on the eastern shore of Loch Fyne |
| KILMARTIN | Glen in Argyll and Bute noted for its ancient monuments (9) |
| TARBETH | Village in Argyll and Bute (7) |
| CRINAN | Canal in Argyll and Bute (6) |
