| WIGTOWN | Dumfries and Galloway location of an annual book festival (7) |
| WHITHORN | Royal burgh in Dumfries and Galloway; location of Candida Casa, the church of St Ninian (8) |
| CHELSEA | Location of an annual RHS flower show (7) |
| CANNES | Resort in south-east France, location of an annual film festival (6) |
| BADMINTON | ___ House, Gloucestershire, location of an annual three day equestrian event (9) |
| THREAVE | 14th-century stronghold on an island in the River Dee west of Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway (7,6) |
| CUMBRIA | English county bordering Dumfries and Galloway (7) |
| ALMANAC | Annual book containing a calendar, astronomical data and other information (7) |
| VERBIER | Village and ski resort in the Swiss canton of Valais, location of an event forming the Freeride World Tour (7) |
| MARENGO | Location of an 1800 battle between French and Austrian forces (7) |
| HAYWIRE | Erratic electronic communication from Welsh book festival? |
| ASHFORD | Town in Kent, England, the location of an international railway station (7) |
| POMPEII | Title location of an 1834 Bulwer-Lytton novel |
| CASTLE | 14th-century stronghold on an island in the River Dee west of Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway (7,6) |
| SOLWAY | ------Firth, an inlet of the Irish Sea separating Cumbria from Dumfries and Galloway (6) |
| THREAVECASTLE | 14th-century stronghold on an island in the River Dee west of Castle Douglas, Dumfries and Galloway |
| ANNANDALE | Valley in Dumfries and Galloway - revealed by Johann and Alex partly (9) |
| KIRKCUDBRIGHT | Town of Dumfries and Galloway |
| MOFFAT | Scottish town in Dumfries and Galloway lying on the River Annan (6) |
| DRUCHTAG | And 28ac 12thc. mound in Dumfries & Galloway once bearing a wooden castle (8,5) |
