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Hi, Rusty!
We timed our walk well - we have only been home for about fifteen minutes and now it has started to rain heavily!
So you predicted well for Eva-Marie! ( a pity you didn't place a bet!)
I also have a crossword clue for you with a Scottish connection in the clue......
this from the Everyman.........I thought it quite a clever one......
Dry artist in Scottish town making joke (9)
(I couldn't do Malone's clue either but then I have never heard of the word 'haet')

Hello, Malone,
A new word to me!
Yes, I thought "het" and "a", but never looked up "haet".
And I could not see the sense in "heat".
My fault for not exploring "haet", but I have not come across it before.
Always learning!
I see now that Chambers and Bradfords both have it.
Thank you for that!

Hello, Elle!
It is a fine day here, not completely cloudless, but fine.
Bit cooler than yesterday, too.
Yes, I picked Eva-Marie and did not jinx her!
She was delighted. There seems to be a great camaraderie between the women skiers. Good to see. Proper sportswomen!
Yes, I have got your "wisecrack", courtesy of Anne Bradford!
No, you are not alone regarding "haet".
I do not know it, though I should not have presumed it was not a word.
What is the point of me getting a newer Chambers and not using it!
I pondered "yoke" which is a word for thing, but could not get it to work with the clue.
Passed an entertaining few minutes, though, thanks to Malone!

Rusty, I'm glad you have added to your vocabulary - as have we all today, as I think 'haet' was new to everyone. (Apologies for not saying originally that it was a cryptic clue - to me that's the only kind worth tackling!)

In the other Independent crossword today, one of the winners was Ivor Bunnett (from Newport-on-Tay). I have my suspicions about this being his/her real name!

Malone, I know Newport-on-Tay fairly well.
Not heard of that chap.
Could it be a misprint?
Burnett is not an unusual name in these parts.

Rusty, your misprint idea seems eminently sensible - but I liked my silly names scenario. I thought Ivor Bunnet might be friends with Shona Legge and Isla White...

One student at Edinburgh was called Ailsa Craig and another Faseny Brooke. She said there was a small stream called the Faseny at the bottom of her garden......I didn't believe her really but there is a Faseny Water in Berwickshire which probably has a river flowing out of it.....
How odd that it's in the same area I've just discovered is where one set of gt gt gt grandparents originated.
I wouldn't have looked up "haet" either.

Malone, I had to say Isla White several times before it clicked!
I can be pretty dense at times!

We had a girl at school called Penelope Worth......

Hi, Rusty!
I must own to checking 'Wick' out on Google, but I was fairly certain that is a Scottish town!
I decided to look into registering for a BBCiD for voting for SPOTY this evening (as it's free online)
I was mighty puzzled when I put in my email address and was told to offer another one as that one was already in use!
But it turns out that I already have a BBCiD - hence the confusion! I don't recall doing that? but obviously I must have done! (yes, I know...another senior moment!)
I am now halfway through gift-wrapping - just taking a break........