| HALKIRK | Planned village in Highland Region (pop 1,000), founded in 1803 (7) |
| TOMINTOUL | Highest village in Highlands (9) |
| WICK | Town in Highland Region (pop about 7,000), created a royal burgh in 1589 (4) |
| KINGUSSIE | Small town in Highland Region (pop 1,500), the birthplace of James (Ossian) Macpherson (9) |
| THURSO | Town in Highland Region (pop about 8,000), a burgh of barony from 1633 (6) |
| NAIRN | Old royal burgh in Highland Region (pop about 11,000), a popular resort (5) |
| EXMOUTH | Seaside town in Devon, site of the National Trust's 16-sided cottage A La Ronde and a lifeboat station first established in 1803 (7) |
| RHODIUM | One of the rarest and most valuable precious metals, discovered in 1803 (7) |
| WYOMING | 'Equality State' of the western US, mostly acquired as part of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 (7) |
| IRIDIUM | The element was discovered in 1803 in the acid-insoluble residues of platinum ores by the English chemist Smithson Tennant. The international prototype standard kilogram of mass is made from an alloy |
| ARDROSS | Rural area in the Highland region of Scotland whose villages include Dublin (7) |
| ROSSINI | Composer from Highland region, popular and independent (7) |
| PLATEAU | Flat highland region, tableland |
| DOPPLER | Austrian physicist (1803-53), known for his "effect" (7) |
| EMERSON | US essayist, 1803-82, Ralph Waldo ....... (7) |
| FLOWCOUNTRY | Large area of peatlands and wetlands in Highland Region (4,7) |
| ROUGHINGITINTHEBUSH | 1852 literary classic 'Forest Life in Canada' by born-in-england-in-1803 writer Susanna Moodie who settled in the British colony of Upper Canada in 1832: 5 wds. |
| BERLIOZ | French composer, 1803-69 (7) |
| ROSAPARKS | A public garden in Highland region, someone took a seat to take a stand (4,5) |
| TASMANIA | Australian state (26,410 sq miles; pop about 530,000), founded as a penal colony in 1803 (8) |
