| LINLITHGOW | Royal burgh in West Lothian home to a ruined palace (10) |
| MELROSE | Scottish Borders town, home to a ruined Cistercian abbey |
| EMPTYTHEPITS | Get rid of waste when hungry at West Lothian house that shall be nameless (5,3,4) |
| ELYSIUM | Matt Damon (pictured) sci-fi film about a man trying to bring equality to a ruined Earth (7) |
| DUNFERMLINE | City in Fife whose ruined palace was a former residence of Scottish kings |
| PLACATE | Calm down head of theology in ruined palace (7) |
| GOWERWAY | LDP from Rhossili inland to a ruined castle - wary, we go around! (5,3) |
| CAPECANAVERAL | Head of Florida can claim in ruined palace (4,9) |
| LIVINGSTON | Largest town in West Lothian, Scotland, designated a new town in 1962 (10) |
| PITTENWEEM | Fishing village in Fife (pop about 1,750), created a royal burgh in 1541 (10) |
| MOTHERWELL | Former burgh in Lanarkshire (pop 32,000), once a centre of steel production (10) |
| COLDSTREAM | A burgh in the Scottish Borders where the British Army's oldest continuously serving regiment was originally raised (10) |
| KILMARNOCK | Scottish burgh in East Ayrshire on the River Irvine |
| BATHGATE | Club with front of house entrance in West Lothian (8) |
| ELGIN | A former royal burgh in the north (pop 25,000), the site of a ruined cathedral (5) |
| WICK | Town in Highland Region (pop about 7,000), created a royal burgh in 1589 (4) |
| CRAIL | Small town in Fife, created a royal burgh in 1178 (5) |
| ANNAN | A former royal burgh in the south-west (pop about 9,000) (5) |
| SMA | Wee, in West Lothian |
| LANARK | Former county town in the Central Belt (pop about 80,000), created a royal burgh in 1140 (6) |
