| STRANRAER | Scottish town in Dumfries and Galloway, formerly a ferry port to Northern Ireland (9) |
| MOFFAT | Scottish town in Dumfries and Galloway lying on the River Annan (6) |
| FISHGUARD | Coastal town in Pembrokeshire and ferry port to Rosslare in Ireland (9) |
| ARDROSSAN | Holiday resort and ferry port to Arran (9) |
| HOOKOFHOLLAND | Coastal town in the southwest of the Netherlands noted as a ferry port (4,2,7) |
| OBAN | Get round prohibition in a ferry port (4) |
| GLENELG | Summer-only ferry port to the Isle of Skye (7) |
| LOCKERBIE | Town in Dumfries and Galloway that came to international attention in December 1988 when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded above it (9) |
| ANNANDALE | Valley in Dumfries and Galloway - revealed by Johann and Alex partly (9) |
| CAIRNRYAN | Which Scottish port has a ferry link to Northern Ireland? (9) |
| BOOKTOWNS | Places like Wigtown in Dumfries and Galloway (4,5) |
| ANNAN | Two articles about name of town in Dumfries and Galloway (5) |
| ALANARKIN | A Scottish town in Hollywood. (4,5) |
| BAILIWICK | Bar for cricketers near one Scottish town in special field |
| KIRKCUDBRIGHT | Town in Dumfries and Galloway (13) |
| PAPERTHIN | Scottish town in distress, easily torn apart |
| MAUSOLEUM | Robert Burns' is in Dumfries (9) |
| GRETNAGREEN | Village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland; formerly a centre for runaway marriages (6,5) |
| DRUCHTAG | And 28ac 12thc. mound in Dumfries & Galloway once bearing a wooden castle (8,5) |
| WHITHORN | Royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway; location of Candida Casa, a 5th-century church established by St Ninian |
