| ELAPS | Snake in the Trossachs, say, upset by splinter |
| SELECT | Exclusive: the Spanish intercepted by splinter group (6) |
| FACTIONS | Fine deeds performed by splinter groups (8) |
| SINGE | Char, say, upset by ungodliness |
| SCROOGE | Bouncer splits up scene, say, upset by seasonal miser |
| GECKO | College, say, upset by stunning lizard (5) |
| KATRINE | Loch ____ in the Trossachs is featured in Walter Scott's poem The Lady of the Lake |
| THELADYOFTHELAKE | Poem by Sir Walter Scott which begins with the hunting of a stag in the Trossachs (3,4,2,3,4) |
| HIGHLANDCATTLE | One of these could be lower in the Trossachs |
| BENLOMOND | Mountain south-west of Loch Katrine in the Trossachs (3,6) |
| LOCHLOMOND | Body of water in the Trossachs (4,6) |
| TORS | Hills, wild and rugged in the Trossachs |
| CALLANDER | Said almanac found in the Trossachs (9) |
| LOCH | Scottish word for a water body such as Lomond in the Trossachs (4) |
| SHITZUITCAE | Lie about trooper, say, back to trudge around the Trossachs |
| LOMOND | Largest of the Scottish lochs, forming a National Park with the Trossachs since 2002 (6) |
| CADGERS | King, say, upset, being taken in by bounders and scroungers |
| COWARD | Playwright in Ayrshire and Trossachs loch? (6) |
| TRUETO | Faithfully following winding route taking in base of Trossachs (4,2) |
| BRIGOTURK | Village in Trossachs (4,1,4) |
