| PURCELL | 17c composer with influence over king and church (7) |
| PULLRANK | Abuse one's authority with influence over place for cabs? (4,4) |
| POWER | Pressure on debtor with influence over others (5) |
| CREVICE | Split with church over king's depravity (7) |
| SACKFUL | In Africa, Leeds United Football Club flipped over king with stuffed kitbag (7) |
| DRACHMA | Flip over king, say, and queen, perhaps on a now obsolete coin (7) |
| DOORWAY | Opening party over King Street? (7) |
| PICADOR | Picture fuss over King's lancer (7) |
| OCTOPUS | One with great influence over court work |
| OBELISK | Girl is delayed going over king's monument |
| STRINGS | Lots of racehorses get pulled by those with influence (7) |
| MOLIERE | 17c French playwright whose works include Tartuffe (7) |
| VERMEER | Jan, 17c Dutch painter who died in 1675 (7) |
| FOREVER | Novel by Kathleen Winsor set in the 17c (7,5) |
| MARVELL | Andrew, 17c poet who authored Upon Appleton House (7) |
| FAIRFAX | Thomas, 17c English general who commanded the Parliamentarian army 1645-50 (7) |
| GRAECIA | (two words, with 9) ____ ____ ferum victorem cepit: Horace's estimate of Greek literary influence over Rome (Ep. 2.1.156) |
| TVEXECS | Ones exerting influence over networks, briefly |
| XFACTOR | Cross with influence from unknown element (1,6) |
| LEGPULL | Practical joke from member with influence |
