| CASTILE | A former kingdom the throne of which was claimed by John of Gaunt |
| AMERICAN | A crime leader is killed - butchered by John of Nebraska (8) |
| BERLINER | Identity claimed by John F Kennedy in June 1963? (8) |
| QUEENMAUDLAND | Which large part of Antarctica was claimed by Norway in 1939 and named after a Norwegian royal? (5,4,4) |
| ANTARCTICA | Continent that had no native population but was claimed by at least seven nations including the remarkably distant northern hemisphere nations of Norway, France and Great Britain |
| HENRYIV | Son of John of Gaunt known as Bolingbroke; the first of three monarchs from the House of Lancaster (5,1,1) |
| HENRY | Eldest son of John of Gaunt and grandson of King Edward III of England (5) |
| BOLINGBROKE | Eldest son of John of Gaunt and grandson of King Edward III of England (11) |
| INVERNESS | Northernmost city of the United Kingdom; the 'capital of the Highlands' (9) |
| SCEPTRED | "This royal throne of kings, this ... isle" (John of Gaunt in Richard II) (8) |
| ISLE | "This royal throne of kings, this sceptered _ "2 John of Gaunt in Richard I! (4) |
| CANDLEINTHEWIND | Song which was a hit for Elton John in 1974; a revised version of which was a much bigger hit in 1997 (6,2,3,4) |
| ARMENIA | A former kingdom in W Asia, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. (7) |
| WHIG | A member of the English political party that opposed the succession to the throne of James, Duke of York |
| RURITANIA | Imaginary kingdom, the setting of The Prisoner of Zenda (9) |
| DENISTHATCHER | The author, so it was claimed, of the Dear Bill letters in Private Eye (5,8) |
| LANCASTRIAN | Description of John of Gaunt, and of Nelson |
| GHENT | The city where John of Gaunt was born |
| CORMORANT | This bird swims underwater and has been used by humans for fishing; its guano is also valued as a fertilizer. In Richard II (act 2, scene 1), John of Gaunt says, "He tires betimes that spurs too fast |
| UNCLE | Relationship of John of Gaunt to King Richard II |
