| CARLYLE | Surname of Robert, Begbie in Trainspotting (7) |
| WINSTON | Surname of Robert, the doctor who has presented many BBC shows, including Your Life In Their Hands, Child Of Our Time and The Human Body (7) |
| HART | Courage, we hear, in surname of Robert Wagner and Stefanie Powers' married sleuths (4) |
| WEBB | Surname of Robert, David Mitchell's comedy partner who withdrew from Strictly in 2021 due to health reasons (4) |
| ROBSART | Amy -, first wife of Robert Dudley, Earl of Leicester featured in 1821 Walter Scott novel Kenilworth (7) |
| MELROSE | ___ Abbey in the Scottish Borders, thought to be the burial location of the heart of Robert the Bruce (7) |
| STANNIS | Brother of Robert and Renly Baratheon in "Game of Thrones" |
| WALLACE | Contemporary of Robert the Bruce - departed 1305 (7, 7) |
| WILLIAM | Contemporary of Robert the Bruce - departed 1305 (7, 7) |
| ROWLING | Author who wrote the Cormoran Strike trilogy comprising The Cuckoo's Calling, The Silkworm and Career of Evil under the pen name of Robert Galbraith (7) |
| STRANGE | Adjective in the full title of Robert Louis Stevenson's novel about Dr Jekyll (7) |
| HUSBAND | The comedy partner of Robert Webb is this relation to the host of the quiz show Only Connect (7) |
| ALLOWAY | Village - birthplace of Robert Burns (7) |
| DAVIDII | Born in 1324, the only surviving son of Robert the Bruce (5,1,1) |
| REDPATH | Scottish folk singer and authority on songs of Robert Burns (4,7) |
| PEASANT | ___ poet (description of Robert Burns) |
| BEGBIE | Character played by Robert Carlyle in Trainspotting (6) |
| SPUD | Character in Trainspotting T2 Trainspotting (4) |
| MARKRENTON | Role played by Ewan McGregor in "Trainspotting" and "T2 Trainspotting" |
| THELORD | 1815 narrative poem by Walter Scott dealing with the return of Robert Bruce to Scotland |