| TWEEDSMUIR | Village on A701 north of Moffat in southern Scotland (10) |
| COUPLING | BBC sitcom created by Steven Moffat in 2000 (8) |
| SELKIRK | Town north of Hawick in southern Scotland (7) |
| HERMISTON | Weir of ____, Robert Louis Stevenson novel set in southern Scotland |
| MERRICK | Highest Corbett in southern Scotland - in summer, rickety! (7) |
| DUMFRIES | Town in southern Scotland on the River Nith (8) |
| KINTYRE | Peninsula in southern Scotland, subject of a Paul McCartney song (7) |
| SEVENS | Form of rugby just in southern Scotland at first |
| ALLOWAY | Village of southern Scotland in which Robert Burns was born in 1759, and in which his poem ' Tam o' Shanter' is set (7) |
| ANTONINEWALL | Defensive fortification built in southern Scotland by the Romans c. 140 AD, extending from the River Clyde to the Firth of Forth (8,4) |
| DUNS | Former county town in southern Scotland (pop about 3,000) (4) |
| LANARKSHIRE | Former county in southern Scotland |
| ANTONINE | Wall built by Romans across southern Scotland, 160km north of Hadrian's Wall (8) |
| GATISS | Mark ___, member of the comedy team The League of Gentlemen who co-created and co-produced Sherlock with Steven Moffat |
| OFFA | Mercian king, dyke builder in Moffat (4) |
| ERIC | Trump son played by Alex Moffat on "SNL" |
| MARES | Scottish waterfall near Moffat, one of UK's highest (4,5,4) |
| TAIL | Scottish waterfall near Moffat, one of UK's highest (4,5,4) |
| GREY | Scottish waterfall near Moffat, one of UK's highest (4,5,4) |
| ALEX | Moffat who portrayed the Guy Who Just Bought a Boat, on SNL |
