| PRAETOR | What title was given to an army commander or a magistrate in Ancient Rome? (7) |
| PREFECT | Name given to any of various officials placed in authority over others, including a magistrate in ancient Rome, head of a department in France or a senior school pupil (7) |
| PADRE | Title given to an army chaplain (5) |
| DAUPHIN | What title was given to the heir to the French throne? (7) |
| JUSTICE | Word for the quality of fairness; administration of law; the awarding of what is due; or, a magistrate (7) |
| TRIBUNE | A magistrate in ancient Rome (7) |
| GENERALISSIMO | The chief commander of an army; Commander in Chief |
| GENERALISE | Make vague statements like an army commander? (10) |
| GENERAL | It's not unusual to be an army commander (7) |
| DAME | From the Latin for "mistress of the household", word for a female ruler in its earliest sense, now a title given to a woman with the rank of Knight Commander or a holder of the Grand Cross in the orde |
| AGA | What word can mean a Turkish commander or a brand of English cooker? (3) |
| LADYBIRD | With a Latin designation that refers to the word "scarlet", a spotted beetle esteemed by gardeners, whose name was given to an imprint of children's books (8) |
| TYCOONS | What title was applied by foreigners to the shoguns of Japan? (7) |
| WHIG | What name was given to an 18th-century politician opposed to the king? (4) |
| ADMIRAL | From "lord of the sea" and "Saracen ruler", title of a naval commander or flag-officer; the master of a fishing fleet; or, a cone shell (7) |
| MEMSAHIB | What title used to be given to a married European woman in India? (8) |
| PASHA | What title for a governor or high official was abolished in Turkey in 1934? (5) |
| EVE | Biblical first woman whose name, with allusion to the forbidden fruit in the Garden of Eden, was given to an apple-based pudding (3) |
| DOGSTAR | Stellar object whose proper name, Sirius, was given to an Animagus and one of a veritable constellation of characters in the Harry Potter books (7) |
| FUHRER | What title was taken by Hitler as dictator of Nazi Germany? (6) |
