| THANES | Titles held as nobles - early Scottish at first (6) |
| ROTHESAY | Duke of -; one of the titles held by the Prince of Wales (8) |
| LOUDON | Noisy starts to opening night house afflicted early Scottish set-to (6,4) |
| BRIDGE | Bristling cuckoo crest for early Scottish set-to (8,6) |
| ROSLIN | Central Europe openings for smart lads in early Scottish set-to (6) |
| DOLLAR | Everybody in staff gets up early Scottish set-to (6) |
| BONSAI | Artform seen back in Nagasaki as noble (6) |
| BRUTUS | Character referred to as 'noble' in the play Julius Caesar (6) |
| BURSAR | Title held by an academic institution's financial administrator. (6) |
| ARMAGH | Archbishop of ____ , religious title held by the Primate of All Ireland (6) |
| DENVER | Duke of -, title held by Gerald Wimsey in a series of books by Dorothy L Sayers (6) |
| SHOGUN | Title held by Japanese military rulers, also the name of a novel and TV series. (6) |
| SHEIKH | Title held by a religious leader like a Sufi master |
| HILL | Noisy starts to opening night house afflicted early Scottish set-to (6,4) |
| STIRLING | Bristling cuckoo crest for early Scottish set-to (8,6) |
| CRUDENBAY | Vulgar, heartless authority leads to nervous breakdown inside early Scottish set-to (6,3) |
| WALLACE | William, early Scottish resistance leader (7) |
| ERASMUS | Age of early Scottish music written by medieval scholar (7) |
| IONA | Various early Scottish kings were buried on the island of ____ |
| SCONE | Early Scottish kings were crowned on the Stone of Destiny, where? (5) |
