| INVERNESS | Administrative centre of Highland council area in Scotland (9) |
| EASTLOTHIAN | Council area in Scotland (4,7) |
| NAIRN | Town and former burgh in the Highland council area of Scotland |
| THURSO | Town in the Highland Council area (pop about 8,000), once an important Norse port (6) |
| GALLOWAY | Dumfries and ____, council area in southwestern Scotland (8) |
| ARGYLLANDBUTE | Council area in which Oban and Dunoon are located (6,3,4) |
| TROSSACHS | Area in Scotland described as the Highlands in miniature, where Sir Walter Scott's The Lady of the Lake is set (9) |
| CALEDONIA | Overlooking loch, visited one area in Scotland (9) |
| GREATGLEN | Area in Scotland running for 62 miles (100 km) from Inverness on the edge of the Moray Firth (5,4) |
| GLENGARRY | Woollen cap with ribbons worn as part of Highland dress (9) |
| ARGYLLAND | Gladly ran about council area with Bute (6,3) |
| BRAE | Upland area in Scotland (4) |
| GLEN | ___ Coe, area in Scotland (4) |
| SKYE | Heavenly-sounding detached area in Scotland (4) |
| ALLOA | Town in Scotland; administrative HQ of the Council Area of Clackmannanshire |
| KEITH | Small town in the Moray council area of Scotland with three distilleries, including Strathisla Distillery, one of the oldest in the Highlands |
| ANGUS | Council area of Scotland; administrative centre Forfar |
| ARBROATH | The largest town in the council area of Angus in Scotland |
| EASTAYRSHIRE | Council area of south west Scotland in which Kilmarnock is located (4,8) |
| MIDLOTHIAN | A council area of SE central Scotland, bordering the City of Edinburgh (10) |
