| SOPRON | City in Hungary near the Austrian border that was the site of the coronation of King Ferdinand III (6) |
| GYOR | City in Hungary, near the Slovakian border (4) |
| HUELVA | City in SW Spain near the Portuguese border that was founded by Carthaginians (6) |
| RIVER | - Cottage; cookery school on the Dorset/Devon border that was used as the location of several series |
| INN | Place offering food & lodging on the Austrian border river? |
| KLOSTERS | Popular Swiss ski resort between Davos and the Austrian border |
| HANDEL | Who composed the anthem Zadok the Priest, performed at the coronation of King Charles III? (6) |
| MORDAUNT | Penny, politician who carried the ceremonial sword at the coronation of King Charles III (8) |
| CROWNIMPERIAL | March by William Walton first performed at the coronation of King George VI in 1937 (5,8) |
| RIGATTI | Giovanni Antonio -, 17th-century Italian composer whose works include a mass dedicated to the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III (7) |
| ELEANOR | Daughter of Ferdinand III |
| REIMS | City in north east France which was the scene of the coronation of most French monarchs (5) |
| NOYON | Town in Oise, France; scene of the coronation of Charlemagne (5) |
| SCONE | The Stone of ---, block of sandstone used for centuries in the coronation of Scottish monarchs and latterly monarchs of the United Kingdom (5) |
| ICEMAN | What nickname (Otzi the _) was given to the 5300-year-old body found on the Italian-Austrian border in 1991? (6) |
| PENNYMORDAUNT | Former Conservative politician who carried the Sword of State at the coronation of Charles III and Camilla (5.8) |
| SUWANNEE | US river rising in the Okefenokee Swamp on the Georgia-Florida border that flows to the Gulf of Mexi |
| BROADBEAN | Pulse used as an ingredient of the coronation quiche, signature dish of Charles III's 2023 coronation (5,4) |
| ZADOK | "... the Priest", one of four anthems composed by Handel for the coronation of George II (5) |
| TOPOLSKI | Polish-born artist who painted the mural The Coronation of Elizabeth II in Buckingham Palace (8) |
