| JAMESHOGG | Scottish poet nicknamed The Ettrick Shepherd (5,4) |
| SHAKESPEARE | William _, playwright and poet nicknamed the Bard of Avon (11) |
| PATERSON | Poet nicknamed 'Banjo' (8) |
| ABPATERSON | Australia's Waltzing Matilda poet nicknamed Banjo (1,1,8) |
| HOGG | Scottish poet James known as "The Ettrick Shepherd" |
| HOGGART | Skill of the Ettrick Shepherd? His literacy had its uses (7) |
| HOGGISH | Gluttonous like the Ettrick Shepherd? |
| SELKIRK | Former royal burgh in the Borders (pop about 6,000), on the Ettrick Water (7) |
| RABBINATE | Scottish poet digesting Holy Writ outside a religious leader's office |
| SIDEBURNS | Ally oneself with Scottish poet showing hairy features (9) |
| TANNAHILL | And 21dn Paisley band formed in 1968 and named after a Scottish poet (9,7) |
| TWEED | Its tributaries include the River Teviot and Ettrick Water (5) |
| BUTE | The Red Hot Chilli Pipers played at this festival in Ettrick Bay in July, which island was it on? (4) |
| ASSET | Item of value - in fish-pass, Ettrick (5) |
| CHET | Yare tributary - in loch Ettrick! (4) |
| DUNBAR | Which Scottish poet at the court of James IV wrote the political allegory The Thistle and the Rose ( |
| COCKBURN | Alison ?, 18th-century Scottish poet who authored a version of ballad The Flowers of the Forest (8) |
| REALMSOF | Christmas carol by the Scottish poet James Montgomery, Angels From The _ _ Glory (6,2) |
| OER | "Whistle ___ the Lave O't": Song by Scottish poet Robert Burns |
| BARBOUR | John ___ (c1320 - 95), Scottish poet who wrote The Brus (7) |
