| DLIX | 1,000 years before the coronation of Queen Elizabeth I |
| SPRY | Floral designer for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II who also co-invented coronation chicken and penned some 13 books including Come Into the Garden, Cook (4) |
| GLORIANA | 1953 opera by Benjamin Britten written for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II (8) |
| SCONE | The Stone of ---, block of sandstone used for centuries in the coronation of Scottish monarchs and latterly monarchs of the United Kingdom (5) |
| SOPRON | City in Hungary near the Austrian border that was the site of the coronation of King Ferdinand III (6) |
| REIMS | French city that was the scene of the coronation of most French monarchs |
| PEER | Member of the House of Lords whose predecessors some 1,000 years ago were drawn together in the form of the Witan to advise Saxon kings (4) |
| ZADOK | "... the Priest", one of four anthems composed by Handel for the coronation of George II (5) |
| HANDEL | Who composed the anthem Zadok the Priest, performed at the coronation of King Charles III? (6) |
| TOPOLSKI | Polish-born artist who painted the mural The Coronation of Elizabeth II in Buckingham Palace (8) |
| PENNYMORDAUNT | Former Conservative politician who carried the Sword of State at the coronation of Charles III and Camilla (5.8) |
| NOYON | Town in Oise, France; scene of the coronation of Charlemagne (5) |
| NERO | Role in the Monteverdi opera "The Coronation of Poppaea" |
| MORDAUNT | Penny, politician who carried the ceremonial sword at the coronation of King Charles III (8) |
| SAO | Part of the name of a Brazilian city that was founded 222 years before the U.S. colonies declared their independence but otherwise has nothing whatsoever to do with the American Revolution |
| ESSEX | Earl of ___, title of Robert Devereux, English soldier and favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England |
| WALSINGHAM | Surname of the spymaster of Queen Elizabeth I (10) |
| CROWNIMPERIAL | March by William Walton first performed at the coronation of King George VI in 1937 (5,8) |
| DII | CXX years before the start of the Islamic calendar |
| LEICESTER | Earl of ___, a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England who features in Walter Scott's novel Kenilw |
