| LINTIE | Scottish word for a linnet (6) |
| HAGGIS | Nightingales but not a linnet in sight for the Scottish fare (6) |
| FINCH | A bird such as a linnet; or, Wilkie Collins's character, Lucilla (5) |
| INTENTIONAL | Meant to change into a linnet (11) |
| PEERIE | Orcadian or Shetlandic for something "wee", such as a traditional knitted flower or "flooer" motif; or, a Scottish word for a spinning top (6) |
| COOKIE | Scottish word for a plain bun (6) |
| DROUTH | Scottish word for a thirst (6) |
| STROUP | Scottish word for a spout or nozzle (6) |
| SOUTER | Scottish word for a cobbler (6) |
| PARTAN | Scottish word for a crab (6) |
| GIRDLE | Scottish word for a griddle (6) |
| STANCE | Scottish word for a taxi rank (6) |
| LADDIE | Informal Scottish word for a young man or boy (6) |
| PARCEL | A group/flock of deer, hogs, linnets, penguins or rogues; a bundle wrapped in brown paper and tied with string; or, an often estate-owned stretch of land (6) |
| MERLIN | Falcon of the yellowhammer/linnet family (6) |
| SISKIN | Yellowish-green-and-black aberdevine whose avian relatives include brambling, crossbill, goldfinch, linnet, redpoll, serin and twite (6) |
| INCHES | Linnets and canaries |
| SNAG | A wooden peg; a protuberance on a tree trunk/branch; or, a former Scottish word for a woodpecker (4) |
| INCH | Quarter of a hand; one-twelfth of a foot; unit of rainfall or of barometric pressure; or, a Scottish word for a small island (4) |
| END | Either of two places linked by a journey, letter, table or telephone call; a Scottish word for a cottage room; an individual warp yarn; or, half a unit length of cloth (3) |
