| BRORA | Small town in the Highlands (pop 1,200), the site of what used to be the most northerly coalmine in the UK (5) |
| BEVINBOY | Young man selected to work in a British coalmine in World War II (5,3) |
| NORFOLK | County, location of Happisburgh, site of what is believed by scientists and archaeologists to be the first known human settlement in the UK and northern Europe (7) |
| ARECIBO | Site of what was, until July 2016, the world's largest radio telescope |
| PLYMOUTH | Site of what many regard as the first Thanksgiving |
| STRATHPEFFER | Former spa town in the Highlands (pop about 1,500), the site of the Pictish Eagle Stone (12) |
| BEAULY | Small town in the Highlands (pop about 1,500), with a ruined priory established around 1230 (6) |
| CROMARTY | Former royal burgh in the Highlands (pop about 750), the birthplace of Hugh Miller (8) |
| MANCORDE | Small town in the Raiguer district of Mallorca, nestled in the foothills of the Tramuntana mountain range it is bordered by Selva, Lloseta, Alaro and Escorca and celebrates the day of its patron saint |
| LAVALL | Small town in the Raiguer district of Mallorca, nestled in the foothills of the Tramuntana mountain range it is bordered by Selva, Lloseta, Alaro and Escorca and celebrates the day of its patron saint |
| GRETNA | Small town in the south-west (pop about 3,000), near the site of the Battle of Sark (1448) |
| KEITH | Small town in the Moray council area of Scotland with three distilleries, including Strathisla Distillery, one of the oldest in the Highlands |
| AVIEMORE | Town In the Highlands (pop about 3,500), a popular resort (8) |
| NEWBRITAIN | The township of Rabaul used to be the capital of this province of Papua New Guinea before the 1994 v |
| EXPANSE | The size of what used to be a frier found on the southeast (7) |
| ALFORD | Small town in the north-east (pop about 2,000), the site of a Royalist victory in 1645 (6) |
| AVOCH | A fishing village in the Highlands (pop about 1,000, north of Inverness (5) |
| NAIRN | Seaside resort in the Highlands (pop about 10,000), once a major fishing port (5) |
| EXAMPLE | An instance of what used to be enough |
| EXTENT | Scope of what used to be temporary cover (6) |
