| DUMFRIES | Town in South Scotland on the River Nith (8) |
| GRETNAGREEN | A village in South Scotland, on the border with England, location of a famous smithy where eloping couples were married (6,5) |
| SANQUHAR | Village on the River Nith said to have the oldest working post office in the world (8) |
| STIRLING | City in central Scotland on the River Forth (8) |
| AFTON | Tributary of the River Nith in the Scottish Borders, immortalised by Robert Burns |
| GREENOCK | Port and town in Scotland on the Firth of Clyde (8) |
| ABERDEEN | City in Scotland on the North Sea (8) |
| ULLAPOOL | Town of north-west Scotland on the eastern shore of Loch Broom (8) |
| GALLOWAY | Area of south-west Scotland on the Solway Firth (8) |
| MARCH | A city in central Scotland on the River Tay, location of the assassination of James I of Scotland in 1437 (5) |
| ELGIN | Market town in Scotland on the River Lossie that is the administrative centre of Moray (5) |
| AYRSHIRE | A historical county of SW Scotland on the shores of the Firth of Clyde |
| PERTH | City in central Scotland on the River Tay |
| GLASGOW | City in West Central Scotland on the River Clyde (7) |
| PEEBLES | Town in SE Scotland on the banks of the River Tweed on the edge of which stands Neidpath Castle |
| DUMBARTON | Town in Scotland on the north bank of the River Clyde; administrative HQ of West Dunbartonshire |
| FORT | Town in Highland, Scotland, on the Road to the Isles (4,7) |
| ALLOA | Town in the Central Lowlands of Scotland, on the Firth of Forth (5) |
| STORNOWAY | Port in Scotland on the E coast of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides (9) |
| STRANRAER | A ferry port and town in South West Scotland, on the shores of Loch Ryan (9) |
