| CHIEFTAIN | Head of clan in fact perhaps, Highland and Islands Enterprise admitted (9) |
| SKYE | Team from the Highland & Islands Conference of Caledonia North Region Division Two (4) |
| ERR | State a wrong fact, perhaps |
| SCHEDULED | Head of clan in shed organised duel as planned (9) |
| PEATSTACK | Fuel store once common in Highlands and Islands (4,5) |
| WATERLILY | Aquatic plant with floating goblet-shaped flowers and heartshaped leaves that provide shelter and islands for frogs and insects (5,4) |
| STROMBOLI | Name for the continuously erupting volcano (and island) in the Eolie (Lipari) Islands, in the Tyrrhenian Sea (of the Mediterranean), off northeastern Sicily. (9) |
| PLACID | Tranquil head of clan in Highland dress |
| HECATE | Head of clan in warm weather with sweetheart found in dark place in old Greece (6) |
| DEMOCRATS | 'Keep the bastards honest' party once represented in the Australian Senate or members of the Kennedy political clan in the US |
| INDONESIA | One's deployed in land and islands |
| VIGILANCE | Alertness from soldier joining unruly clan in struggle (9) |
| CATHOLIC | Tom and Huck initially processed oil for head of clan in church (8) |
| CANALLOCK | Cloak the clan in mystery for a long boat lifter (5,4) |
| CROWSNEST | Head of clan has shouting matches to do with nets dismantled from ship's view (4'1,4) |
| OBLIVIOUS | Unaware of plain surrounding lake and island (9) |
| VANCOUVER | What is a city and island of British Columbia? (9) |
| CAPEVERDE | Archipelago and island country of West Africa (4,5) |
| GAELDOM | Music festival where two-thirds of league turned up from the Highlands and Islands (7) |
| SINATRA | Singer, needing no introduction, recalled material from the Highlands and Islands (7) |
