| ISLANDS | Shetland and Orkney, for example (7) |
| ROOST | The ___, powerful current caused by conflicting tides around the Shetland and Orkney Islands (5) |
| PENTLANDFIRTH | Strait separating Scotland and Orkney (8,5) |
| SEE | Visit Aberdeen and Orkney perhaps (3) |
| HINDS | Ciaran _, actor whose TV credits include Shetland and Kin (5) |
| OVINE | Like the breeds Shetland and merino |
| CIARAN | Irish actor whose TV credits include Shetland and Game of Thrones, _ Hinds (6) |
| UNSTABLE | Rocky islands in Shetlands and Tuscany, where one's returned (8) |
| UDALLER | Owner of land under an originally Norse legal system, still used in Orkney and Shetland |
| EGILSAY | Wandered around Islay following, for example, island in Orkney (7) |
| SNORKEL | Cut off Orkney resort invested in openings for smart lads in submarine ventilation (7) |
| BRODGAR | Fab drummer making grab for touring dancers, initially a Orkney stone age site (4,2,7) |
| HONESTY | Secluded home in Orkney island getting the best policy? (7) |
| SLANDER | Malign resident of Orkney perhaps heading off (7) |
| MARWICK | Head, Orkney location of Kitchener Memorial (7) |
| HOLIDAY | Break cover, area in island of Orkney (7) |
| WESTRAY | Orkney island with Pierowall as its main village (7) |
| NEWYORK | Sinewy Orkney Islander admitted to the Big Apple (3,4) |
| ISLE | Fair-; three miles long and inhabited by around 60 people, a land between Orkney and Shetland noted for traditional knitwear (4) |
| FAIR | Island between Orkney and the Shetland Islands famous for its knitted jumpers (4,4) |
