| NOWISER | At present is the Queen just as ignorant? (2,5) |
| CONTENDER | The prisoner present is the one to fight (9) |
| NOWORNEVER | Little number put on by the Queen just after quarter to five, before it's too late? (3,2,5) |
| NONETHEWISER | As ignorant as before (4,3,5) |
| ILLITERATE | I will say again - as ignorant people are everywhere |
| LUCKNOW | One's fortune, at present, is made in the city |
| POTTERY | Is the Queen mad about such ware? (7) |
| INTENSE | Where the difference between the past and present is great? (7) |
| WARLIKE | Raised ignorant? Enjoy being bellicose |
| BALLOON | Everything in the present is likely to go up (7) |
| CURRENT | The present is fruit, you say (7) |
| EATABLE | Each present is fit for consumption (7) |
| SNOWDON | Southern fellow framing present is photographer |
| KNOWING | Using ruler to wrap present is shrewd (7) |
| WONDER | Ask oneself if the Communist at present is returning (6) |
| CURRANT | Dictator's present is fruit |
| SAD | South at present is blue (3) |
| CHAD | China, at present, is a country (4) |
| EARLYRISERS | Rarely, perhaps, is the Queen seen with those getting up at dawn (5,6) |
| TAMORA | What is the "Queen of the Goths' named in Titus Andronicus? |
