| OLDPRETENDER | The ___, nickname of Prince James, Prince of Wales, the son of the deposed James II of England (3,9) |
| JACOBITE | Supporter of the deposed King James II (8) |
| PRETENDER | 'The Old _', nickname of James Francis Edward Stuart, son of the deposed James II of England (9) |
| SWALE | River in Wales son's seen first (5) |
| UNTOUCHABLES | The _, nickname of the team of Chicago law enforcement agents led by Eliot Ness (12) |
| EATON | Which London Square is the address of these fictional characters: James' Prince Amerigo, Trollope's Sir Henry Harcourt, and Archers' the Hon. Charles Seymour? (5) |
| BOYNE | A battle in 1690 in which William III defeated the deposed James II (5) |
| GALBA | Emperor of Rome who succeeded the deposed Nero in 68 AD (5) |
| BADOGLIO | Italian marshal who succeeded the deposed Benito Mussolini as prime minister on 25 July 1943 (6,8) |
| PIETRO | Italian marshal who succeeded the deposed Benito Mussolini as prime minister on 25 July 1943 (6,8) |
| BLOC | United Nations bar deposed king (4) |
| OATES | Conspirator delivers speech, having deposed king |
| ETHELRED | Wanting leader, sheltered deposed king (8) |
| JAMESTHESECOND | Preserve support after biblical queen briefly deposed king |
| SHAH | Deposed king |
| LIEN | Right to compare with deposed king? (4) |
| ROSES | "The Run for the ___" (nickname of the Kentucky Derby) |
| REMOVE | "The Fat Owl of the ___", nickname of Billy Bunter (6) |
| COATHANGER | The ____ , nickname of Sydney Harbour Bridge because of its arched design (10) |
| FONZ | The ____, nickname of the character played by Henry Winkler in TV sitcom Happy Days (4) |
