| MOFFAT | Scottish town in Dumfries and Galloway lying on the River Annan (6) |
| STRANRAER | Scottish town in Dumfries and Galloway, formerly a ferry port to Northern Ireland (9) |
| EVANWATER | A wet raven swimming in tributary of the River Annan (4,5) |
| INVERARNAN | River Annan resort hamlet near Crianlarich (10) |
| LOCKERBIE | Town in Dumfries and Galloway that came to international attention in December 1988 when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded above it (9) |
| KIRKCUDBRIGHT | Town in Dumfries and Galloway (13) |
| CASTLE | 14th-century stronghold on an island in the River Dee west of Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway (7,6) |
| SOLWAY | ------Firth, an inlet of the Irish Sea separating Cumbria from Dumfries and Galloway (6) |
| WIGTOWN | Former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway that is the gateway to the Machars |
| WHITHORN | Royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway; location of Candida Casa, the church of St Ninian (8) |
| GRETNAGREEN | Village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland; formerly a centre for runaway marriages (6,5) |
| ANNANDALE | Valley in Dumfries and Galloway - revealed by Johann and Alex partly (9) |
| NITH | Longest river in Dumfries and Galloway (4) |
| DRUCHTAG | And 28ac 12thc. mound in Dumfries & Galloway once bearing a wooden castle (8,5) |
| BOOKTOWNS | Places like Wigtown in Dumfries and Galloway (4,5) |
| SCOW | Flat-bottomed boat made by company in Dumfries and Galloway (4) |
| DWELLS | Lives comfortably in Dumfries outskirts |
| CARMARTHEN | Welsh town lying on the River Towy associated with the magician Merlin (10) |
| ATHLONE | Irish town in County Westmeath lying on the River Shannon (7) |
| FALKIRK | Scottish town in the Forth valley at thejunction of the Forth and Clyde and Union Canals (7) |
