| CAPTAINS | "The tumult and the shouting dies / The ... and the kings depart" (Kipling) |
| HOOHA | Tumult and commotion |
| RIOTED | Joined the tumult |
| AMID | ".....________the tumult of reverberant strife ..." (Sarojini Naidu) |
| FIRTH | Actor in A Month in the Country and The King's Speech whose more recent films include 1917 and the forthcoming The Secret Garden (5) |
| GEMMA | _ Arterton, star of the films The Girl With All The Gifts and The King's Man (5) |
| TREES | "Let me tell you 'bout the birds and the bees and the flowers and the ... and the moon up above; And |
| COLINFIRTH | Actor in the Best Picture Oscar films The English Patient Shakespeare in Love and The King's Speech: 2 wds. |
| ARCH | Only the royal family and the King's Troop can pass through London's Marble ... |
| SIAM | Anna and the King of ___ (title of the novel The King and I is based on) |
| HADES | (Greek mythology) the god of the dead and the king of the underworld (5) |
| NOTTO | "Theirs ___ __ reason why, theirs but to do and die", The Charge of the Light Brigade, Tennyson. (3,2) |
| ORI | "Show pity, ___ die" ("The Taming of the Shrew") |
| HELENA | Suffragette and The King's Speech actress, ... Bonham Carter (6) |
| GEOFFREYRUSH | Critically-acclaimed star of Shine and The King's Speech (8,4) |
| INFULLCRY | Like the shouting match when at its height? (2,4,3) |
| TAVEL | Variety of fine pink Rhone wine reputed to have been favoured by rexes including Philip IV and Louis XIV, hence sometimes referred to as "the rose of kings and the king of roses" (5) |
| CUBICAL | Shaped like a die, the youngster one presented to California (7) |
| INIGO | "Hello. My name is ___ Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die." ("The Princess Bride" line) |
| ADONEDEAL | All over but the shouting |