| BLANTYRE | Village in South Lanarkshire, Scotland; birthplace of explorer David Livingstone (8) |
| EASTKILBRIDE | Town in South Lanarkshire, Scotland, designated a new town in 1947 (4,8) |
| NYASA | Also known as Lake Malawi, this Eastern Rift Valley lake was encountered by explorer David Livingstone in 1859 (5) |
| MOTHERWELL | Administrative centre of North Lanarkshire, Scotland (10) |
| KILBRIDE | Doctor takes on the Italian person in front of train in South Lanarkshire town (4,8) |
| HAMILTON | Morning in hotel in South Lanarkshire (8) |
| LARKHALL | Gag lobby in South Lanarkshire town (8) |
| KARPNIKI | Village in south-western Poland, site of a 15th-century castle (8) |
| THOMPSON | Explorer David, part namesake of a historic Williamstown house |
| ORGREAVE | Village in South Yorkshire whose colliery was the site of a major confrontation between miners and police officers in 1984 |
| ALLOWAY | Village in South Ayrshire, Scotland; birthplace of poet Robert Burns (7) |
| CAVALIER | Arrogant sort of explorer to cross African country heading off (8) |
| AMUNDSEN | The last word about German and Swiss origin of explorer (8) |
| EXPLORER | E.g. David Livingstone (8) |
| KALAHARI | Desert crossed by David Livingstone |
| ISABELLA | Sponsor of explorer Christopher |
| GIVEINTO | Go along with disruption of ie, voting |
| LINLITHGOW | Royal burgh in West Lothian, Scotland; birthplace of Mary, Queen of Scots (10) |
| EAST | Doctor takes on the Italian person in front of train in South Lanarkshire town (4,8) |
| COURT | Manor house in Buckland Brewer, north Devon; birthplace of explorer John Hanning Speke (7,5) |
