Scotland Puzzle - Weather in Scotland

Weather in Scotland

By Kay Glasgow

"If you don't like the weather in Scotland, just wait five minutes." Parts of Scotland may see a changing complexity of weather patterns all in a day. Bio-meteorologists should study Scotland's volatile weather for the impact on a people! The anagrams are a mix of Scottish weather predictors and proverbs.

1 source of east coast cold fog, haar of spring and summer (5,3) NORSE HAT

2 west coast of Scotland's major wet influence (4,6) STAG FUR ELM

3 Scots word to describe a dismal wet spell CHIDER

4 John Gardner, manufactured fine ones in Glasgow during 1800's BARS REMOTE

5 weather's in this Scottish painter's land and sea-scapes (7,9) MAGIC RAG TAM TWILL

6 Alexander Buchan, a __ in 1867, charted Scotland's hot and cold spells GORSE TIME LOOT

7 observation table to estimate wind force is the __ scale BOOT FEAR

8 a Scots mist will weet __ __ tae the skin (2,10) LANG SHAME INN

9 lots of berries, bad winter: mony__, mony__ (4,4) SHAW SWANS

10 sorrow an' __ __ come unca'd (3,7) WILL HEATER

11 if__ __ is bright and clear, there'll be twa winters in the year (9,3) ASCEND MALADY

12 when the __ __ __ gets a hat, the carse of Corntown pays for that (6,2,8) SCOT RAIN GIST FELL

13 Whuppity Scoorie in Lanark March 1st is a __ of __ festival (4,6) SPRITE RING

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1	source of east coast cold fog, haar of spring and summer (5,3)	NORSE HAT
2	west coast of Scotland's major wet influence (4,6)	STAG FUR ELM
3	Scots word to describe a dismal wet spell	CHIDER
4	John Gardner, manufactured fine ones in Glasgow during 1800's	BARS REMOTE
5	weather's in this Scottish painter's land and sea-scapes (7,9)	MAGIC RAG TAM TWILL
6	Alexander Buchan, a __ in 1867, charted Scotland's hot and cold spells	GORSE TIME LOOT
7	observation table to estimate wind force is the __ scale	BOOT FEAR
8	a Scots mist will weet __ __ tae the skin (2,10)	LANG SHAME INN
9	lots of berries, bad winter: mony__, mony__ (4,4)	SHAW SWANS
10	sorrow an' __ __ come unca'd (3,7)	WILL HEATER
11	if__ __ is bright and clear, there'll be twa winters in the year (9,3)	ASCEND MALADY
12	when the __ __ __ gets a hat, the carse of Corntown pays for that (6,2,8)	SCOT RAIN GIST FELL
13	Whuppity Scoorie in Lanark March 1st is a __ of __ festival (4,6)	SPRITE RING