| BEWICK | Celebrated engraver (1753-1828) who gave his name to a British swan species |
| PIRANESI | Blasts inspire a celebrated engraver (8) |
| VERNE | Author, born Nantes in 1828, who helped create the genre of science fiction (5) |
| TRUMPETER | Swan species |
| EXCELLENCY | His or Her ___ , title given to a British ambassador accredited to a foreign country (10) |
| KNIGHTHOOD | Title given to a British male for services to his country (10) |
| SADSTORY | A tragedy perhaps to give society's publicity materials to a British politician (3,5) |
| VICOMTE | Title of a French nobleman corresponding to a British peer ranking above a baron and below an earl ( |
| COUNT | The act of numbering; the sum tallied; a measure of the fineness of yarn; or, a European title of nobility, equal in rank to a British earl (5) |
| IBIS | Associated with moon god Thoth, wading bird whose name was given to a British ornithological journal (4) |
| SARATOGA | Rested, holding artillery up: blunder in field leading to a British defeat |
| BRETON | He comes from the North of France to a British public school (6) |
| WINGCOMMANDER | RAF equivalent to a British army lieutenant colonel (4,9) |
| NELSONSCOLUMN | Memorial to a British admiral in Trafalgar Square (7,6) |
| TURNERPRIZE | Annual award presented to a British visual artist (6,5) |
| TURNER | Annual prize awarded to a British artist under 50 years of age (6) |
| JOHNDEBRETT | Publisher born in 1753 who produced a famous reference book on Britain's titled families (4,7) |
| NONSUBJECT | American, to a British monarch |
| LORDSHIP | "Your ___" said to a British judge |
| PRIZE | Annual award presented to a British visual artist, with previous winners including Damien Hurst and Tracey Emin (6,5) |
