| MOFFAT | Town in Dumfries and Galloway (6) |
| STRANRAER | Port town in Dumfries and Galloway in Scotland (9) |
| LOCKERBIE | Town in Dumfries and Galloway that came to international attention in December 1988 when Pan Am Flight 103 exploded above it (9) |
| KIRKCUDBRIGHT | Town in Dumfries and Galloway (13) |
| GRETNAGREEN | Village in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland; formerly a centre for runaway marriages (6,5) |
| ANNANDALE | Valley in Dumfries and Galloway - revealed by Johann and Alex partly (9) |
| NITH | Longest river in Dumfries and Galloway (4) |
| BOOKTOWNS | Places like Wigtown in Dumfries and Galloway (4,5) |
| DRUCHTAG | And 28ac 12thc. mound in Dumfries & Galloway once bearing a wooden castle (8,5) |
| WHITHORN | Royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway; location of Candida Casa, a 5th-century church established by St Ninian |
| SCOW | Flat-bottomed boat made by company in Dumfries and Galloway (4) |
| WIGTOWN | Former royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway that is the gateway to the Machars |
| CASTLE | 14th-century stronghold on an island in the River Dee west of Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway (7,6) |
| SOLWAY | ------Firth, an inlet of the Irish Sea separating Cumbria from Dumfries and Galloway (6) |
| DWELLS | Lives comfortably in Dumfries outskirts |
| THREAVE | 14th-century stronghold on an island in the River Dee west of Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway (7,6) |
| CYBERATTACK | What affected NHS Dumfries & Galloway in April 2024? (5,6) |
| THREAVECASTLE | 14th-century stronghold on an island in the River Dee west of Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway |
| CREE | River in Scotland upon which Newton Stewart, Dumfries and Galloway stands (4) |
| SWAG | Plunder some silver from Dumfries and Galloway area (4) |
