| SCHIEDAM | Port in South Holland, Netherlands, noted for its gin distilleries |
| ALKMAAR | City in North Holland, Netherlands, noted for its cheese production and market |
| DELFT | Town in South Holland, Netherlands associated with a type of tin-glazed earthenware (5) |
| DORDRECHT | Port city near Rotterdam in the SW Netherlands, in South Holland province (9) |
| LEIDEN | City on the Rhine in South Holland, its university was established in the 16th century |
| GRONINGEN | University city in the northeast Netherlands noted for the Martinikerk |
| DENHELDER | City in North Holland, Netherlands, housing a naval base (3,6) |
| HOOKOFHOLLAND | Coastal town in the southwest of the Netherlands noted as a ferry port (4,2,7) |
| SPEY | River in the Scottish Highland noted for salmon fishing and whisky distilleries (4) |
| HAGUE | Capital of the Netherlands' South Holland province, with "The" |
| ISLAY | Hebridean island, known for its malt whisky distilleries (5) |
| BRUICHLADDICH | Located in Port Charlotte, one of Islay's nine distilleries |
| INDIGESTIBLE | Edible? It's gin, stupid -- it can't be eaten! (12) |
| KEITH | Small town in the Moray council area of Scotland with three distilleries, including Strathisla Distillery, one of the oldest in the Highlands |
| GIN | Alcoholic spirit that has surged in popularity and yielded many new distilleries in NZ (3) |
| CROWLAND | Town in the South Holland district of Lincolnshire with a ruined medieval abbey and a 14th-century three-sided bridge |
| GOUDA | Mild, creamy, semi-hard, cow's-milk cheese originating in the Dutch province of South Holland (5) |
| ROTHES | Small town in Moray (pop about 1,500), home to four distilleries (6) |
| STERILISE | Clean lid, possibly for distilleries (9) |
| RETURNS | They answer answers in distilleries (7) |
