| HAMPTONCOURT | And 20 Down Royal residence on the River Thames originally built for Cardinal Wolsey (7,5,6) |
| PALACE | Royal residence on the River Thames originally built for Cardinal Wolsey (7,5,6) |
| ERODE | Grind down royal verse (5) |
| GENOA | Low-down royal regularly in Italy |
| NATIONAL | (& 25-down) Royal perhaps to moor powerboat against pole? (8,4) |
| HAMPTON | --- Court Palace, residence originally built for Cardinal Wolsey |
| COURT | Royal palace built for Cardinal Thomas Wolsey and later given to King Henry VIII (7,5) |
| OSBORNEHOUSE | Former royal residence on the Isle of Wight built for Queen Victoria (7,5) |
| CLARENCEHOUSE | Royal residence on The Mall in London - cheer on, as clue (anag) (8,5) |
| OSBORNE | ___ House, royal residence on the Isle of Wight where Queen Victoria died in 1901 (7) |
| NSBORNE | House, former royal residence on the Isle of Wight (7) |
| BALM | Royal holiday residence on the River Dee (8) |
| BOULDER | City in Nevada, US, originally built for those working on the construction of the Hoover Dam (7,4) |
| CITY | City in Nevada, US, originally built for those working on the construction of the Hoover Dam (4) |
| AFLOAT | Ball held by top class residence on the river? (6) |
| HOUSEBOAT | Residence on the river? (9) |
| NEILL | Actor in films including The Country Girls. The Piano, The Horse Whisperer and Blackbird who also played the part of Thomas Wolsey in The Tudors (5) |
| BOLEYN | Earl of Wiltshire's daughter whose betrothal to Henry Percy was ended by Cardinal Wolsey on the orders of her future husband, Henry VIII (6) |
| CHRISTCHURCH | Oxford college originally named after its founder, Cardinal Wolsey (1525) (12) |
| IPSWICH | In which town, the place of his birth, did Cardinal Wolsey attempt to build an ecclesiastical colleg |
