| SKYEBOATSONG | Song recalling the escape of Bonnie Prince Charlie after his defeat at the Battle of Culloden in 1746 |
| FLORA | Name, shared with an anthology, book on blooms or botany, of a Jacobite heroine whose rescuing boatlift of Bonnie Prince Charlie after his defeat at Culloden is recounted in The Skye Boat Song (5) |
| JACOBITEREBELLION | Unsuccessful uprising led by the Young Pretender, eventually crushed at Culloden in 1746 (8,9) |
| SKYE | Where Bonnie Prince Charlie fled after his defeat at Culloden (4) |
| KNEE | A genu raised up in a riotous dance or party accompanied by a song recalling "Mother Brown" (4) |
| GALVESTON | Song recalling Texas girl with underwear on |
| ASP | The small viper apparently used by Cleopatra to commit suicide after Antony's defeat at the Battle of Actium |
| SPARTA | Greek city state whose military dominance ended in defeat at the battle of Leuctra |
| ELEGIES | ... sad songs recalling date army charged on shed |
| CHARLIE | Bonnie Prince -; a nickname of the Young Pretender immortalised in the Skye Boat Song who led the Jacobite uprising but was defeated at the Battle of Culloden (7) |
| MACDONALD | Flora ---, facilitator of Bonnie Prince Charlie’s escape after the Battle of Culloden |
| INVERNESS | Highland city that lies near the site of the Battle of Culloden of 1746 (9) |
| TARTANS | The wearing of these patterns was banned after the Battle of Culloden |
| JATAKA | From Sanskrit for "born", the name of any one of a garland or treasury of birth stories recalling the former lives of the Buddha (6) |
| SCOTLAND | Culloden, the last ever pitched battle on British soil, took place in 1746 in this part of the UK (8) |
| EXILE | State of banishment into which Napoleon Bonaparte was forced following his defeat at Waterloo (5) |
| YOUNGPRETENDER | Byname of Bonnie Prince Charlie, Stuart claimant to the throne (5,9) |
| KLAASEN | South Africa batter who made 174 in the 4th ODI against Australia in Centurion in 2023 (7) |
| HEINRICH | South Africa batter who made 174 in the 4th ODI against Australia in Centurion in 2023 (8) |
| OLDPRETENDER | Aged actor, father of Bonnie Prince Charlie (3,9) |
