| EASTCOAST | Heads to Edinburgh, Arbroath, Stonehaven, Tayport, Catterline or Aberdeenshire's seaside towns (4,5) |
| HIGHLANDS | Historic region of Scotland northwest of the great fault running from Helensburgh to Stonehaven |
| DUNNOTTAR | - Castle, ruined medieval fortress in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, south of Stonehaven (9) |
| PNEUMATIC | Tyre invented by Stonehaven-born Robert Thomson (9) |
| EASTBOUND | Direction of train from Glasgow to Edinburgh (9) |
| CHIEFTAIN | Clan boss caught robber moving tons by road to Edinburgh (9) |
| DEEPFRIED | Scottish dish created by John Davie in the Haven Chip Bar in Stonehaven in 1992 (4-5,4,3) |
| OMARKADER | Arbroath midfielder formerly with Forfar Athletic and Alloa Athletic (4,5) |
| KIPPERTIE | Neckwear for smokehouse worker in Arbroath? (6,3) |
| BONACCORD | Club beaten 36-0 by Arbroath in the 1885-86 Scottish Cup (3,6) |
| HELDFORTH | Captured stronghold close to Edinburgh and declaimed |
| HOLIDAYRESORTS | Seaside towns dotted about S Italy or Rhodes |
| FRONTS | Roads next to the sea in seaside towns (6) |
| DEALWITHIT | You have to accept this seaside town's trendy (4,4,2) |
| CONTACTSPORTS | Approaches some seaside towns for football and rugby (7,6) |
| EXPORTS | They leave the country from old seaside towns (7) |
| BULLOCH | Steer closer to Edinburgh at last instead of Kilmarnock to get rugby brothers (7) |
| PERTH | Forward, closer to Edinburgh or another city (5) |
| LOTHIAN | Reluctant to take Scotsman to Edinburgh area (7) |
| RANDOLPH | Churchill managed to trudge up closer to Edinburgh (8) |
