| TUFTY | -----Fluffytail, created in 1953 for the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (5) |
| RSPBCYMRU | Local name for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in Wales (4, 5) |
| POLICE | Force responsible for the prevention of crime (6) |
| JAMESBOND | Famous fictional spy created in 1953 (5, 4) |
| ETHEL | American woman who was executed in 1953 for spying for the Soviet Union, _ Rosenberg (5) |
| ROSENBERG | Julius and Ethel ___, US civilians executed in 1953 for passing atomic bomb secrets to the USSR (9) |
| RSPCA | Royal Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (5) |
| SPOSH | Feature of thaw in American society, for the wealthy |
| CRASH | It provides capital cover in case of accidents (5-6) |
| RSPB | The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (1,1,1,1) |
| MENSA | Society for the brilliant |
| ORGAN | Built by Henry Willis for the Royal Albert Hall, it has been described as the "Voice of Jupiter" (5) |
| TUDOR | In Versailles you stick up for the royal family (5) |
| TARNS | Mountain lakes for the Royal Navy in Tasmania briefly (5) |
| INFRA | From the Latin meaning "below", a production choreographed by Wayne McGregor to a score by Max Richter for the Royal Ballet (5) |
| SACKS | Containers of items for the Royal Mail trains (5) |
| BROOK | Peter -; director and writer whose productions for the Royal Shakespeare Company include King Lear andMarat/Sade (5) |
| SERUM | Some State welcomes Queen providing immunity for the royal blood presumably (5) |
| ASCOT | Sort of neckwear for the royal racecourse? |
| ADORN | Deck that is trouble for the Royal Navy (5) |
