| THESNUTS | West Lothian band whose new single is called 'Knuckles' (3,5) |
| ABBA | Band whose new album Voyage is their first in 40 years |
| BATHGATE | West Lothian town, west of Livingston (8) |
| NONEVENT | New single opening is an insignificant happening (3-5) |
| BACHELOR | Single is something played on rising by composer |
| UNWASHED | Has new single out - it's dirty (8) |
| AMARILLO | 1971 Tony Christie hit single, (Is This the Way to) -------- (8) |
| INSOLENT | Tense behind the bar, stealing single is cheeky (8) |
| LIFTMEUP | New single from Rihanna that dropped on Friday, her first as lead artist in six years |
| IOLANTHE | A show of peers reviewing the matter of East Lothian |
| NORTHESK | Prolific Lothian salmon river (*short Ken) (5,3) |
| AEROFLOT | Company taking off in parts of Stranraer, of Lothian |
| DIRLETON | De Niro left outside ruined East Lothian castle (8) |
| ABERLADY | East Lothian bay, UK's first Local Nature Reserve... damaged ear badly! (8) |
| INVERESK | Knives out, getting to grips with heartless employer in East Lothian village (8) |
| LIVINGSTON | Largest town in West Lothian, Scotland, designated a new town in 1962 (10) |
| LINLITHGOW | West Lothian town whose palace was the birthplace of Mary, Queen of Scots (10) |
| LIVI | West Lothian side just short of furious (4) |
| EMPTYTHEPITS | Get rid of waste when hungry at West Lothian house that shall be nameless (5,3,4) |
| SMA | Wee, in West Lothian |
