| LAUDER | Small Borders town (pop about 1,500), a royal burgh with a charter dated 1502 (6) |
| MELROSE | Borders town (pop about 2,000), with a ruined abbey founded in the 12th century (7) |
| SEDGES | Grassy things found by small borders (6) |
| BEAULY | Small town in the Highlands (pop about 1,500), with a ruined priory established around 1230 (6) |
| DUNBAR | East coast town (pop about 9,000), a former royal burgh (6) |
| LANARK | Former county town in the Central Belt (pop about 80,000), created a royal burgh in 1140 (6) |
| ROTHES | Small town in Moray (pop about 1,500), home to four distilleries (6) |
| MARKET | Similar to a charter fair, a town's periodic gathering traditionally held near a carved cross (6) |
| EXETER | University given a charter in 1955 and previously called University College of the South West (6) |
| ARTHUR | Eldest son of Henry VII of England who was Prince of Wales until his death in 1502 (6) |
| HAWICK | West and I ride a horse outside Borders town (6) |
| ARDENT | Enthusiastic Democrat blocking a charter |
| CUPAR | Historic county town (pop about 9,000), a former royal burgh (5) |
| INVERKEITHING | Small town on the Firth of Forth (pop about 5,000), a royal burgh since 1165 (13) |
| DALMELLINGTON | Small town in Ayrshire (pop about 1,500), once a coal-mining centre (13) |
| ROTHESAY | Island town (pop about 5,000), with a ruined 13th century castle (8) |
| WICK | Town in Highland Region (pop about 7,000), created a royal burgh in 1589 (4) |
| BALLATER | Small town in the north-east (pop about 1,500), on the River Dee (8) |
| INVERNESS | Small community in Nova Scotia (pop about 1,500), once a coal-mining centre (9) |
| DUNS | Former county town (pop about 2,700) in the Borders (4) |
