| BANCHORY | Town in the north-east on the River Dee (pop about 7,500) (8) |
| NEST | Bird refuge in the North-east on the street (4) |
| NEE | Born in the north east on the 2nd of September (3) |
| ASSAM | Chief tea-producing state of India, in the north-east on the border with Bangladesh and Bhutan (5) |
| STRATHAVEN | Town in south Lanarkshire (pop about 7,500), created a burgh of barony in 1541 (10) |
| LERWICK | Island town (pop about 7,500), a major ferry and fishing port (7) |
| BALLATER | Small town in the north-east (pop about 1,500), on the River Dee (8) |
| BALMORAL | - Castle; situated on an estate overlooked by Lochnagar, the Scottish residence of the royal family on the River Dee near Braemar (8) |
| LEUCHARS | Small town in the north-east of Fife (8) |
| SLEAFORD | Market town in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire (8) |
| REDESIGN | Put Communist pointer to the East on the drawing board |
| ABERDEEN | Scottish city, between the rivers Dee and Don (8) |
| NNE | North North East, on the compass (1,1,1) |
| PETERHEAD | Town in the north east (pop about 19,000), the biggest fish port in the UK (9) |
| CHESTER | City in north-west England on the River Dee (7) |
| ALFORD | Small town in the north-east (pop about 2,000), the site of a Royalist victory in 1645 (6) |
| KEITH | Small town in the north-east (pop about 5,000), dating from the late 12th centurey (5) |
| OMAHA | Largest city of Nebraska, in the east on the west bank of the Missouri River (5) |
| LLANGOLLEN | Town on the River Dee in Denbighshire (10) |
| STONEHAVEN | Town in the north-east (pop about 12,000), a former burgh of barony and former county town (10) |
