| ABERDEENSHIRE | Scottish county, formerly part of the Grampian region |
| ABERDEEN | Capital of the Grampian region (8) |
| GREATGLEN | Containing Loch Ness and parts of the Grampian Mountains, a valley and geological fault extending from Moray Firth to Loch Linnhe (5,4) |
| PETERHEAD | Simon, a teacher in the Grampian region (9) |
| VELA | Southern constellation (Latin, 'the Sails') formerly part of the larger constellation Argo Navis along with Carina ('the Keel') and Puppis ('the Stern') (4) |
| NEVADA | Most of this state was formerly part of the Territory of Utah |
| ARMENIA | Republic, formerly part of the Soviet Union (7) |
| RED | Texas' ___ River, formerly part of the U.S./Mexico border |
| PENANG | Which Malaysian island was formerly part of the Straits Settlements? (6) |
| ONCE | Formerly part of the distribution centre (4) |
| CORFU | Greek island, formerly part of the Venetian empire |
| UKRAINE | European country, formerly part of the Soviet Union (7) |
| SUDETENLAND | A mountainous region of the North Czech Republic, formerly part of Czechoslovakia and occupied by Germany during World War II (11) |
| HYDEPARK | Formerly part of Kensington Gardens and Henry VIII's deer chase, 350 acres of land divided by the Serpentine and the Long Water lakes in London (4,4) |
| KOSOVO | Pristina is the capital of this country, formerly part of Yugoslavia (6) |
| SPEY | Scottish river flowing through the Grampian Mountains to the Moray Firth (4) |
| DEESIDE | Area of Grampian Region that includes Balmoral Castle (7) |
| ELLON | Town in Grampian Region, Scotland (5) |
| CAIRNGORMS | Mountain range in Scotland's Grampian region (10) |
| IMAGINE | Think about how one led the wise men to the Grampian area (7) |
