| PRINCE | A son of a king or queen; the male monarch of a microstate such as Andorra or Monaco; or, a man considered pre-eminent (6) |
| KHAN | Leader/monarch of a Mongol tribe; or, an Eastern inn or caravanserai (4) |
| MONTECARLO | Town in Monaco; or, a card game (5,5) |
| ANDORRAN | From a microstate between France and Spain |
| MONARCH | Meaning "alone" and "to rule", an emperor, king or queen; the milkweed butterfly migrating some 3,000 miles; or, a stag with 16 or more points |
| KING | Male dragonfly; highest-ranking face card; large bed; or, any of the male monarchs described in John Rous' Historia Regum Angliae (4) |
| TINY | Like Andorra or Monaco |
| PRINCIPALITY | Andorra or Monaco, eg (12) |
| CITYSTATE | E.g. Monaco or Singapore (4,5) |
| CROWN | A simple garland or wreath as a headdress originally, later a more grandiose jewelled diadem of a king or queen; or, the top of an arch, cut gem, hat, head, pineapple or tree (5) |
| EFFIGY | A simulacrum such as a doll, guy, Jack Straw, puppet, scarecrow or statue; or, an impression of a king or queen's head on a coin's obverse (6) |
| CONSORT | Wife or husband of a king or queen; a small group of viol players; or, an accompanying ship (7) |
| INFANTE | Name formerly given to a son of a king of Spain or Portugal (7) |
| NOAH | The most popular male baby name of 2014, or a man in the Book of Genesis |
| ORLANDO | A Tilda Swinton film, the site of a Universal Studios theme park or a man named Bloom (7) |
| KINGS | Title, derived from the chiefs or "cynings" of various tribes of Angles and Saxons, for male monarchs or rexes; pre-eminent men or male animals; or, crowned draughts (5) |
| CHAMPION | First-place winner; highest award a dog can achieve in showing; or, one who fought in single combat on behalf of a king or queen (8) |
| SPEECHES | Messages of a king or queen broadcast on Christmas Day; or, formal addresses, discourses or talks delivered to audiences generally (8) |
| SONG | Jimmy Buffett's "Son of a Son of a Sailor," e.g. |
| MAGNUM | The antithesis of a son of a gun (6) |
