| ULLAPOOL | Village and port in northern Scotland on the east shore of Loch Broom (8) |
| DALMATIA | Historical region of Croatia, located on the east shore of the Adriatic Sea (8) |
| BARNACLE | Crusty marine type lives on boat out from Connemara village and port in Clare (8) |
| BOSCASTLE | Bulleid 'WC' 34039 named after village and port on Cornish coast (9) |
| INVERARY | Traditional county town of Argyll, on the western shore of Loch Fyne (8) |
| TALISKER | The oldest working whisky distillery on Skye, on the shores of Loch Harport (8) |
| PLOCKTON | Village on the shores of Loch Carron famous for its palm trees (8) |
| WHIMBREL | In UK this bird breeds only in northern Scotland (8) |
| BOULOGNE | ___-sur-mer, port in northern France, on the English Channel (8) |
| CROMARTY | Firth in northern Scotland (8) |
| LOCHNESS | Lake in the Great Glen of northern Scotland, known for alleged sightings of a monster (4,4) |
| ELSINORE | Port in northern island facing west or east (8) |
| ACRE | City and port in northern Israel, on a bay of the East Mediterranean (4) |
| CIRCASSIA | A region in the Caucasus along the north-east shore of the Black Sea (9) |
| KISUMU | Port in west Kenya, on the north-east shore of Lake Victoria (6) |
| HIGHLANDER | Christopher Lambert played Connor Macleod from 'the village of Glenfinnan on the shores of Loch Shiel' in this 80s fantasy film that spawned a franchise of sequels and spin-offs |
| ROPINESS | Feeling unwell, long to enter area of northern Scotland |
| HAMBURG | City and port in northern Germany on the River Elbe |
| INVERARAY | Town on the western shore of Loch Fyne that is the ancestral home of the Duke of Argyll (9) |
| OTTERFERRY | Settlement in Argyll and Bute, Scotland, on the eastern shore of Loch Fyne |