| ROYALMILE | Stretch of road from Edinburgh Castle to the Palace of Holyrood House (5,4) |
| EDINBURGH | Scottish location of the Palace of Holyrood house (9) |
| STAINS | Marks way by road from Edinburgh to London, north to south (6) |
| BRIE | Actress Larson who portrayed Jeannette Walls in "The Glass Castle," to the delight of Walls herself |
| ROYAL | Historic high street that runs from Edinburgh Castle to Holyrood House (5,4) |
| ACRE | Some land fenced by Hever Castle to the west (4) |
| ROBERTSON | Scotland's leader, formerly of 13Ac 24Dn and heart of Holyrood, gets faulty booster at end of session (4,9) |
| BLACKSPOT | Name of 65lb 4oz carp at Kent's Wingham Fisheries - a dangerous stretch of road! (5,4) |
| AGINCOURT | Battle in opposition to the Palace (9) |
| INNKEEPER | Listen in castle to key reading by stable guy with room outside (9) |
| WISDOM | "The road of excess leads to the palace of ___": William Blake |
| EXCESS | “The road of ____ leads to the palace of wisdom” (Blake) |
| ONEOCLOCK | When gun's fired at Edinburgh Castle (3,6) |
| THAIS | Athenian courtesan who induced Alexander the Great to set fire to the palace of the Persian kings at Persepolis |
| BLAKE | Poet whose line "The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom" is quoted in "Bull Durham" |
| CUBA | Nation that's home to the Palace of the Revolution |
| KNOSSOS | Cretan city, home to the Palace of Minos (7) |
| YVELINES | Department in Ile-de-France that is home to the Palace of Versailles (8) |
| ONEOCLOCKGUN | Time signal fired daily from Edinburgh Castle (3,6,3) |
| MADRID | Spanish home to the Palace of Moncloa |
