| MOTHERWELL | Administrative centre of North Lanarkshire, Scotland (10) |
| 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) |
| COATBRIDGE | North Lanarkshire town where 49 was formed (10) |
| THEYOUNGTEAM | Novel by Graeme Armstrong about growing up in the gang culture of North Lanarkshire (3,5,4) |
| NORTHALLERTON | Administrative centre of North Yorkshire (13) |
| GRIMSBY | The administrative centre of North East Lincolnshire (7) |
| CUMBERNAULD | New town in North Lanarkshire northeast of Glasgow (11) |
| KILSYTH | North Lanarkshire town, scene of a 1645 battle (7) |
| AIRDRIE | A town in West Central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire (7) |
| CAIRNCROSS | Surname of the member of the Cambridge Five spy ring born in Lanarkshire (10) |
| AVON | River rising in North Lanarkshire, flowing 19 miles into the Firth of Forth (4) |
| CARFIN | Town in North Lanarkshire (pop 3,600), noted for its grotto, a place of pilgrimage (6) |
| RAVENSCRAIG | New town in North Lanarkshire, previously the site of a major steelworks (11) |
| CLYDESDALE | Breed of horse originally from Lanarkshire (10) |
| WISHAW | Craving starts to act weird in North Lanarkshire (6) |
| MONKLANDS | Brother touches down in North Lanarkshire (9) |
| BELLSHILL | Devil's reckoning for Spooner in North Lanarkshire (9) |
| BELLS | Signal swindler's accomplice in North Lanarkshire town (9) |
| HILL | Signal swindler's accomplice in North Lanarkshire town (9) |
