| ABBOTSFORD | Sir Walter Scott's house in Roxburghshire |
| THESE | Roxburghshire and Berwickshire are more than this (5) |
| JEDBURGH | Traditional county town of the former Roxburghshire (8) |
| MELROSE | Roxburghshire town south-east of Galashiels (7) |
| KENILWORTH | Market town in Warwickshire with a castle immortalised in Sir Walter Scott's novel of the same name (10) |
| OCHILTREE | Licensed beggar in Sir Walter Scott's The Antiquary (9) |
| GLENNAQUOICH | The seat of Fergus Mac-Ivor in Sir Walter Scott's historical novel Waverley |
| KATRINE | Loch which features in Sir Walter Scott's The Lady of the Lake (7) |
| AMYROBSART | Heroine of Sir Walter Scott's novel Kenilworth (3,7) |
| TANGLE | Oarweed; or, a knotted mass, such as a web of lies according to Sir Walter Scott's Marmion (6) |
| IVANHOE | Vancouver-based mining company sharing the name of Sir Walter Scott's 1819 Saxon knight novel |
| MARMION | Sir Walter Scott's epic poem about the Battle of Flodden |
| RAID | Sir Walter Scott's revived "ride, road, route", today's hostile incursion, sudden attack or swift assault (4) |
| DANDIEDINMONT | Scottish terrier named after a character in Walter Scott's novel, Guy Mannering - I'd nod in tandem (anag) (6,7) |
| SCHOOLTIDE | Walter Scott's term for days in education (10) |
| BERTRAM | Harry, character in Walter Scott's Guy Mannering (7) |
| ROBSART | Amy, character in Walter Scott's novel Kenilworth (7) |
| LEICESTER | Earl of ---, a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England who features in Walter Scott's novel Kenilworth (9) |
| MYSIEHAPPER | Character in Walter Scott's historical novel The Monastery (5,6) |
| JAUP | Alison, an old woman at Middlemas village in Walter Scott's The Surgeon's Daughter (4) |
