| STORNOWAY | The capital of Scotland's Western Isles (9) |
| GAEL | Native from Scotland's Western Isles |
| OUTERHEBRIDES | Scotland's Western Isles (5,8) |
| HEBRIDEAN | Male bishop on Rhode Island, churchman from the Western Isles |
| OTHERWISE | Soldiers protecting the Western Isles: east under different conditions |
| ROCKFALLS | Remotest part of Scotland's restricting strong results of coastal erosion? (9) |
| CANDLEMAS | First of Scotland's quarter days, on February 28 (9) |
| PRESIDENT | Lord----, title of Scotland's most senior judge (9) |
| INVERNESS | City of Scotland's Highland region (9) |
| HELMSDALE | One of Scotland's most productive salmon rivers (9) |
| ORCADIANS | Inhabitants of Scotland's Orkney Islands (9) |
| ISLEOFMAY | Site of Scotland's oldest bird observatory ... mayflies moved around start of October! (4,2,3) |
| STEVENSON | Writer still cherished among foremost of Scotland's top novelists |
| BUTEHOUSE | Official residence of Scotland's First Minister (4,5) |
| KINGUSSIE | Badenoch and Strathspey town with one of Scotland's two dominant shinty teams |
| LEWIS | Northern part of the largest island of the Western Isles (5) |
| OUTER | The Western Isles of Scotland, the ... Hebrides |
| GAELIC | Language spoken in many of the Western Isles of Scotland (6) |
| ROADTUNNELS | What have proposals been put forward about for linking parts of the Western Isles and linking Mull to the mainland? (4,7) |
| TRIP | Journey to the Western Isles, perhaps, is no end of nonsense |
