| LERWICK | Island town (pop about 7,500), a major ferry and fishing port (7) |
| ROTHESAY | Island town (pop about 5,000), with a ruined 13th century castle (8) |
| OSTEND | Which Belgian port has a major ferry link with Dover? (6) |
| STRATHAVEN | Town in south Lanarkshire (pop about 7,500), created a burgh of barony in 1541 (10) |
| BANCHORY | Town in the north-east on the River Dee (pop about 7,500) (8) |
| AIRDRIE | Lanarkshire town (pop about 37,000), once a cotton mill centre (7) |
| MELROSE | Borders town (pop about 2,000), with a ruined abbey founded in the 12th century (7) |
| GEORDIE | Newcastle-based reality show that starred Chloe Ferry and James Tindale, _ Shore (7) |
| KINSALE | Port and fishing town in Co. Cork - *in lakes, oddly (7) |
| LEGOSET | Millennium Falcon in 7,500 pieces, e.g. |
| NETTING | Refusal from Berlin to host bike races, golf and fishing (7) |
| MARABOU | Type of stork whose feathers are used for clothes trimmings and fishing lures (7) |
| LEISTER | Vessel's back briefly with garland and fishing equipment |
| WHITBY | Seaside town and fishing port (pop about 13,000, in north-east England (6) |
| LAUDER | Small Borders town (pop about 1,500), a royal burgh with a charter dated 1502 (6) |
| NEWMARKET | Suffolk town ( pop about 20,000), a major horse racing centre ( 9) |
| CUPAR | Former royal burgh and county town (pop about 9,000), once a yarn-spinning centre (5) |
| DUNBAR | East coast town (pop about 9,000), a former royal burgh (6) |
| LOOE | Small coastal town and fishing port in south-east Cornwall (4) |
| OBAN | Major ferry port on the West Coast (pop about 9,000) (4) |
