Scotland Puzzle - Home Sweet Hame

Home Sweet Hame

By Kay Glasgow

Is your dream house in Scotland? From pre-historical times Scottish architecture of the home has coped with natural elements, warding off intruders and where money was no matter, the ever powerful edifice complex. Unscramble the anagrams for a survey of Scotland's houses. Whether croft, terraced house, four-bedroom villa or castle: "East or West, hame is best".

1 brochs: stone towers unique to Scotland date from the __ (4,3) GAIN ORE

2 crannogs are prehistoric loch dwellings made of __ and __ (5,6) NOB TERMITES

3 a shelter for shepherds and hillwalkers ISLE NIGH

4 prisoners were housed in these municipal buildings BOLT SOOTH

5 "tigh dubh" is Gaelic for thatched roof house of stone and turf BLEAK HOCUS

6 doocots were estate homes for __ NOSE PIG

7 13th-17th c. castle design to deter attack (5,5) WHOSE ROUTE

8 Glasgow's Chamber of Commerce home on west side of George Square NO CASHMERE HUT

9 Alloway tourist attraction, an example of a but 'n ben (5,7) ANGUS CORBETT

10 what Sir Walter Scott's books built (10,5) FOURTH BOSS ABODE

11 official residence in Scotland for Queen Elizabeth II YO OR HOUSEHOLD

12 C R Mackintosh Helensburgh home for publisher W W Blackie (3,4,5) HUSH LIE HOTEL

13 Berwickshire Edwardian mansion with staircase rail of silver (10,5) ASTOUND HORSEMEN

14 Sharma's Shetland home to Scottish Radiance (8,10) SENSETH SEA SOUL HIGH

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1	brochs: stone towers unique to Scotland date from the __ (4,3)	GAIN ORE
2	crannogs are prehistoric loch dwellings made of __ and __ (5,6)	NOB TERMITES
3	a shelter for shepherds and hillwalkers	ISLE NIGH
4	prisoners were housed in these municipal buildings	BOLT SOOTH
5	"tigh dubh" is Gaelic for thatched roof house of stone and turf	BLEAK HOCUS
6	doocots were estate homes for __	NOSE PIG
7	13th-17th c. castle design to deter attack (5,5)	WHOSE ROUTE
8	Glasgow's Chamber of Commerce home on west side of George Square	NO CASHMERE HUT
9	Alloway tourist attraction, an example of a but 'n ben (5,7)	ANGUS CORBETT
10	what Sir Walter Scott's books built (10,5)	FOURTH BOSS ABODE
11	official residence in Scotland for Queen Elizabeth II	YO OR HOUSEHOLD
12	C R Mackintosh Helensburgh home for publisher W W Blackie (3,4,5)	HUSH LIE HOTEL
13	Berwickshire Edwardian mansion with staircase rail of silver (10,5)	ASTOUND HORSEMEN
14	Sharma's Shetland home to Scottish Radiance (8,10)	SENSETH SEA SOUL HIGH