| CUPAR | Royal burgh in Fife which was the county town from 1214 to 1974 (5) |
| FALKLANDPALACE | Castle in Fife which was favoured by Mary, Queen of Scots (8,6) |
| CRAIL | Former royal burgh in Fife (pop about 1,600)(5) |
| ANGUS | Former Scottish county of which Forfar was the county town |
| STANDREWS | Town in Fife which is home to Scotland's oldest university (2,7) |
| RADNORSHIRE | Presteigne was the county town of this former Welsh county |
| WILLIAMTHELION | Grandson of David I, king of the Scots from 1165 to 1214 (7,3,4) |
| WILLIAMI | King of Scotland from 1165 to 1214 (7,1) |
| LYALL | John ___, manager of West Ham United from 1974 to 1989, and of Ipswich Town from 1990 to 1994 |
| BANFF | Former county town and royal burgh in the north east (pop 4,000) (5) |
| EPSOM | Surrey town, from which the magnesium sulphate 'salts' get their name (5) |
| ELGIN | A former royal burgh in the north (pop 25,000), the site of a ruined cathedral (5) |
| FROME | I have a great view of this somerset town from the back of my house (5) |
| JEREZ | Spanish town from which a fortified wine gets its name (5) |
| ANNAN | A former royal burgh in the south-west (pop about 9,000) (5) |
| NAIRN | Former royal burgh in the Highlands (pop about 10,000) (5) |
| HAILE | Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974, born Tafari Makonnen in 1892 (5,8) |
| HEATH | Who was British prime minister from 1970 to 1974? (5) |
| SONKO | Ibrahima ..... , retired Senegalese defender with Harlow Town from 2015-18 (5) |
| CROWE | Vic ....., manager of Aston Villa from 1970 to 1974 (5) |
