| ORRERY | 4th Earl of -; title of Charles Boyle, after whom a clockwork model of the solar system was named (6 |
| BOTHWELL | 4th Earl of -; title Mary, Queen of Scots husband who was implicated in the murder of Lord Darnley (8) |
| HERBERT | Philip ---, 4th Earl of Pembroke, one of the 'incomparable pair of brethren' to whom Shakespeare's First Folio was dedicated (7) |
| PETERSHAM | Named after a courtesy title of Charles Stanhope, 4th Earl of Harrington, sawtooth-edged grosgrain-like rayon ribbon, used for hatbands or binding (9) |
| ABERDEEN | George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of ---, prime minister of the UK 1852-55 (8) |
| BREAD | Baked food used to make the snack invented by John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich (5) |
| MONTAGU | John, 4th Earl of Sandwich, who lent his name to a snack (7) |
| QUARTILE | Fourth earl quit in a rebellious way |
| ADHESIVE | Use it to fix different heads on fourth earl (8) |
| ESSEX | Earl of ___, title of Robert Devereux, English soldier and favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England |
| WARWICK | 16th Earl of -; title of Richard Neville the "Kingmaker", a Yorkist turned Lancastrian during the Wars of the Roses who was killed at the Battle of Barnet (7) |
| CLARENDON | 1st Earl of -; title of Edward Hyde, Lord Chancellor to Charles II, author of The History of the Rebellion (9) |
| LEICESTER | Earl of ___, a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England who features in Walter Scott's novel Kenilw |
| GODWIN | Earl of Wessex who was the father of Harold II of England (6) |
| GODIVA | Lady ___ was the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia who according to legend rode naked through the streets of Coventry (6) |
| LADY | Wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia who according to legend rode naked through the streets of Coventry (4,6) |
| LOWTHER | ? Castle, former family seat of the Earl of Londsdale south of Penrith, Cumbria (7) |
| SNOWDON | Earl of -; title of Antony ArmstrongJones, photographer and late former husband of Princess Margaret (7) |
| ROBERT | Secretary of State of England, 1596-1612, who became the first Earl of Salisbury (6) |
| CECIL | Secretary of State of England, 1596-1612, who became the first Earl of Salisbury (5) |
