| AFTON | Small Ayrshire river, in the title of a 1791 Robert Burns poem (5) |
| FLUTE | Magical item in a 1791 opera |
| RIGHTSOFMAN | A 1791 book by Thomas Paine defending the French Revolution (6,2,3) |
| DOON | Ayrshire river (4) |
| MOUSE | What is the "Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie" in a Robert Burns poem? (5) |
| FLOSS | Fictional river in the title of an 1860 novel by George Eliot (5) |
| PSALM | A New ---- for the Chapel of Kilmarnock, Burns poem (5) |
| KWAI | River in the title of a 1952 novel and a 1957 film (4) |
| ABERFELDY | Town on the River Tay in Scotland, mentioned in a Robert Burns poem and an Ed Sheeran song (9) |
| YELLOWHAMMER | Bird of the bunting family mentioned in a Robert Burns poem (12) |
| ORINOCO | Venezuelan river in the title of a 1988 single by Enya |
| JEAN | "The lassie I love best" in a Robert Burns poem |
| WABASH | River in the title of Indiana's state song |
| SMA | Kind of request in a Robert Burns poem |
| SYNE | Word in a Robert Burns poem heard on December 31 |
| CUTTYSARK | Nickname given to the witch Nannie Dee in Robert Burns' poem Tam o' Shanter |
| REDREDROSE | Flower that "my Luve is like," in a Robert Burns poem |
| OFMICEANDMEN | John Steinbeck novella, published 1937, whose title comes from a Robert Burns poem (2,4,3,3) |
| TAMOSHANTER | Hero of Robert Burns' poem or a Scottish bonnet (3,1'7) |
| INGLE | Fireplace, in Burns poems |
