| THREECARDTRICK | Betting game to guess which is the queen (5-4,5) |
| THREECARDMONTE | Chartered men to play the game (5-4,5) |
| FIRSTTIMEBUYER | Newcomer to the property market (5-4,5) |
| THREECORECABLE | "Echo-cerebral" ET activity, which enables connection with earth (5-4,5) |
| RIGHTHANDDRIVE | As vehicles should be when left on the road (5-4,5) |
| STONECOLDSOBER | Fully alert, one distant cry caught in the back, briefly (5-4,5) |
| KNOCKDOWNPRICE | What the boxing gloves were bought for? (5-4,5) |
| BLACKEYEDSUSAN | North American plant of the Rudbeckia genius (5-4,5) |
| THERESNOSAYING | Being silent it is impossible to guess (6,2,6) |
| FRONTPAGESTORY | Nominal boss summons Conservative for an important report (5-4,5) |
| THREELINEWHIPS | Such votes unusually hit new helpers welcoming Independent (5-4,5) |
| SUGARPLUMFAIRY | Subject of a Nutcracker Suite dance (5-4,5) |
| NEWLYWEDSPARTY | A pleasant reception, perhaps? (5-4,5) |
| SMALLTIMECROOK | Petty criminal (5-4,5) |
| EARLYRISERS | Rarely, perhaps, is the Queen seen with those getting up at dawn (5,6) |
| SHOULDER | Is the queen obliged to find a joint? (8) |
| MUSTER | Is the Queen obliged to see assembled troops? |
| CANTERBURY | Is the Queen unable to cover an old music stand? (10) |
| TAMORA | What is the "Queen of the Goths' named in Titus Andronicus? |
| NOWISER | At present is the Queen just as ignorant? (2,5) |
