| PARTAKEN | Bit a king (English) consumed in the past |
| TEACAKE | Teach a king English, with an hour off for a bite? (7) |
| CHAMP | A bite, as in a horse on its bit; a colcannon-like Irish dish of potatoes mashed with leeks and spring onions; a title-holder; or, in heraldry, a field (5) |
| BETAKE | Apply (oneself) to the addition of a Greek letter to the King's English (6) |
| HADST | Possessed, in the King's English |
| STATE | Consumed in the street - hence, the condition it's in (5) |
| CEREAL | A crop often consumed in the morning, by the bowlful? (6) |
| JOEY | Nickname of a threepenny bit; a circus clown in the English tradition; or, a baby kangaroo, koala, opossum, wallaby or other marsupial (4) |
| RELENTED | The attitude is softened when a deer is consumed in the fasting period (8) |
| TIFFANYS | Establishment outside which breakfast is consumed in the opening scene of in a 1961 film rom-con |
| SLANGY | Unlike the king's English |
| SKEW | Starts to speak King's English with a slight twist (4) |
| MANGLEDSYNTAX | Murdered the King's English? |
| BRASSIE | Cheese a couple of sons consumed in the old club |
| ATEAM | The best squad gets consumed in the morning |
| MAKEDO | Manage crazy old entertaining king (English) (4,2) |
| OKEYDOKE | Old king, English, accommodating important function very well |
| LEAR | Fictional king - English humorist (4) |
| EDWARD | King, English, died following end of pitched battle (6) |
| BROADBEANS | Vegetables consumed in the Egyptian breakfast dish, ful medames, and by Hannibal Lector, accompanying the Chianti |