| ABERNETHY | Speyside pine forest/RSPB reserve - by Teheran, surprisingly! (9) |
| FORESEE | Envisage opponent tackling reserve by end of game (7) |
| CARDUPONES | Advantageous factor kept in reserve by a magician? (4,2,4,6) |
| SLEEVE | Advantageous factor kept in reserve by a magician? (4,2,4,6) |
| TAXI | Team follows reserves by car (4) |
| ACCOUNT | A nobleman reserves, by phone, business ledgers. (7,5) |
| BOOKS | A nobleman reserves, by phone, business ledgers. (7,5) |
| BALNARALD | RSPB reserve on North Uist (9) |
| BALRANALD | RSPB reserve on North Uist (9) |
| FORSINARD | Sutherland location of an RSPB reserve (9) |
| AIRDSMOSS | RSPB reserve in East Ayrshire (5,4) |
| FOCHABERS | Chef robs a butcher in Speyside village (9) |
| DECAMERON | The ; Giovanni Boccaccio's collection of 100 tales including Nastagio degli Onesti illustrated inSandro Botticelli's Banquet in the Pine Forest (9) |
| YORKSHIRE | Historic county, home to RSPB Bempton Cliffs and RSPB Old Moor (9) |
| RESERVOIR | Man-made habitat such as RSPB Dove Stone in Manchester (9) |
| NIGGBAY | RSPB reserve on the Cromarty Firth in Scotland (4,3) |
| RAINHAM | ___ Marshes, a Thames Estuary RSPB reserve (7) |
| HAMWALL | RSPB reserve in Somerset (3, 4) |
| COPINSAY | Orkney island and RSPB reserve (8) |
| WOODS | RSPB reserve in Severn Vale... and gosh, how I'm excited! (7, 5) |
