| 100% | ABBOTSFORD | 10 | Former residence of Sir Walter Scott near Melrose on the River Tweed |
| 36% | IVANHOE | 7 | Sir Walter Scott's tale of Cedric the Saxon |
| 31% | ASHTON | 6 | Family name in Sir Walter Scott's "The Bride of Lammermoor" |
| 31% | ASHTON | 6 | Lucy ___, title character in Sir Walter Scott's "The Bride of Lammermoor" |
| 31% | KELSO | 5 | Scottish town of Sir Walter Scott's youth |
| 29% | NUREMBERG | 9 | City on the river Pegnitz, state of Bavaria |
| 29% | BUDAPEST | 8 | City on the River Danube, capital of Hungary |
| 29% | RAEBURN | 7 | Henry —, Scottish painter whose portraits include that of Sir Walter Scott in 1822 |
| 29% | LINZ | 4 | Port on the River Danube; capital of Upper Austria |
| 28% | JARROW | 6 | Town on the River Tyne; home of the Venerable Bede |
| 28% | HIGHWYCOMBE | 11 | Town in Buckinghamshire on the River Wye northeast of Reading |
| 28% | WARRINGTON | 10 | Town in Cheshire on the River Mersey east of Widnes |
| 28% | BALLATER | 8 | Burgh in Aberdeenshire on the River Dee east of Balmoral Castle |
| 28% | ORLEANS | 7 | French city on the River Loire associated with Joan of Arc |
| 28% | ILKLEY | 6 | Town in West Yorkshire on the River Wharfe northwest of Leeds |
| 28% | BARNSLEY | 8 | Town in South Yorkshire on the River Dearne, north of Sheffield |
| 28% | EPERNAY | 7 | Town on the River Marne, France; a centre of the champagne industry |
| 28% | ILKLEY | 6 | Town in West Yorkshire on the River Wharfe north-west of Leeds |
| 28% | KRAKOW | 6 | Port on the River Vistula; capital of Poland from 1038 to 1569 |
| 28% | EASTLEIGH | 9 | Railway town on the River Itchen in Hampshire; site of Southampton Airport |
| 28% | TURIN | 5 | City on the River Po; headquarters of Italian motor car manufacturer FIAT |
| 28% | PIACENZA | 8 | City in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, on the River Po southeast of Milan |
| 27% | PONIES | 6 | Equines on the expeditions of Scott and Shackleton |
| 27% | TAJMAHAL | 8 | Attraction on the bank of the Yamuna River |
| 27% | MIT | 3 | Sch. on the bank of the Charles River |
| 27% | BANKROBBER | 10 | Purse snatcher on the side of a river? |
| 27% | SILT | 4 | Thick deposit found on the banks of rivers |
| 27% | REDGAUNTLET | 11 | 1824 novel by Sir Walter Scott featuring the story Wandering Willie’s Tale |
| 27% | MOERS | 5 | City in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, on the River Rhine west of Duisburg |
| 27% | WELSHPOOL | 9 | Market town in Powys, Wales, on the River Severn north of Powis Castle |