| DUNBAR | Where Cromwell defeated the Scots in 1650 |
| NASEBY | Village in Northamptonshire, scene of a 1645 battle where Fairfax and Cromwell defeated the Royalists (6) |
| ROBERTTHEBRUCE | 14th century King of Scotland who led the Scots in the Wars of Scottish Independence (6,3,5) |
| JAMESUSSHER | In 1650, this archbishop calculates\\\\\\\\d the date of earth's creation to be October 23, 4004 BC. What is his name? |
| COLDSTREAM | Scottish Borders town where a long-serving army regiment was formed in 1650 |
| AQUIVER | Trembling, if born in 1650 |
| COLDSTREAMGUARDS | Oldest continuously serving regular British Army regiment, founded in 1650 |
| FERMANAGH | One of the Irish counties whose confiscated lands were settled by English and Scots in the 'Plantation of Ulster' during the 17th century (9) |
| ANNE | The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America (1650); the poet's first name (4) |
| TOAMOUSE | Common name for Robert Burns's poem published in Scots in 1786 (2,1,5) |
| TWEET | There's little for Scots in dry online comment |
| TWA | Two Scots in an American airline (3) |
| SINGLE | One is among Scots in Glencoe. (6) |
| CAULDRON | Aged Scots in hag's bottomless cooking pot? (8) |
| DEPICTS | Removes old Scots in shows (7) |
| COVENANT | National ----, signed by thousands of Scots in 1638 (8) |
| MAE | More from Scots in West perhaps |
| CONSIST | Are made up of Scots in disarray (7) |
| SENTRY | 'My soul, there is a country/|Far beyond the stars/Where stands a winged ___' (Henry Vaughan Silex Scintillans (1650-5) |
| MDCL | 1650, in four Roman numerals |
