| AULDHOUSE | Starts to act up, should arrange last chance in village south of East Kilbride (9) |
| MUTHILL | Spooner's shed beside factory in village south of Crieff (7) |
| NICK | Towzie piper seen by 27Ac starts to act up, extremely loud and appropriate? (4,4) |
| AULD | Towzie piper seen by 27Ac starts to act up, extremely loud and appropriate? (4,4) |
| INCISOR | In Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan etc, or it's in the north and south of East London? (7) |
| FINALJUMP | Last chance in field event, last spring (5,4) |
| PAYMENT | Any temp should arrange to get this (7) |
| CLOSINGARGUMENT | *Last chance in court |
| ESCHEWED | Shell of eggs, munched up, should be avoided? (8) |
| CLOSER | Cold runner-up should be nearer (6) |
| KNEBWORTH | Village south of Stevenage with a stately home (9) |
| LLANDANWG | Coastal village south of Harlech (9) |
| HOLMFIRTH | Village south of Huddersfield (9) |
| ALANMCGEE | Born in East Kilbride, co-founder of Creation Records (4,5) |
| SUNDRIDGE | Ontario village south of North Bay |
| APPRAISED | Starts to act pretty peculiarly before being lifted up and assessed (9) |
| NICKNACKS | East Kilbride cancels decorations? (9) |
| BENEDETTI | Criminal benefitted losing fellow East Kilbride musician (9) |
| EASTWINCH | Village south-east of King's Lynn (4,5) |
| BLACKBEAN | Starts to act nervously after breakfast begins with shortage - empty bottle of sauce! (5,4) |