| CELTS | Scots and Irish |
| SPLIFF | Joint Scots and Irish flowers, identically trimmed |
| ENGLISHLANGUAGE | They share a border with the Scots and Irish, for instance? You hear this all the time at Westminster! (7,8) |
| GAELS | Scots and Irish returning, essential to isle again (5) |
| HIBERNIAN | Winter ate away Scot and Irish (9) |
| JAMESI | Son of Mary, Queen of Scots and king of England and Ireland from 1603 until his death in 1625 (5,1) |
| STUART | Henry -, Lord Darnley; second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots and the father of James I and VI of Scotland (6) |
| HADRIANSWALL | Roman defence against Scots and Picts |
| KENTE | Silk cloth known to Scots and English |
| WEE | Tiny Scots and sweet? No way! (3) |
| PLED | Responded in court (Scots and US) (4) |
| OTTERBURN | 1388 battle between Scots and English (9) |
| OATS | Fare for Scots and English stable, according to self-proclaimed 16 3 (4) |
| ALGERIANS | Hiss at Scots and others found in Africa (9) |
| TROCHEE | Very little poetry translated, that's surprising for Scots and Early English (7) |
| BENIDORM | Resort has high rise for the Scots and one room for the rest |
| BOUTONNIERE | Flower one wears in bloom among prettier Scots and English |
| EGYPTIANS | Pain suffered in extra time initially by Scots and other countrymen (9) |
| SQUIRES | Members of a royal house including James I, Mary, Queen of Scots and Anne (7) |
| FRASER | Antonia ---, biographer of Mary, Queen of Scots and Marie Antoinette |
