| INVESTITURE | Ceremony of conferring honours of rank on a person (11) |
| STGILES | In which cathedral was King Charles III presented with the Honours of Scotland? (2,5) |
| ROW | Line of theatre seats, knitted stitches or identical houses; or, a horizontal rank on a chessboard (3) |
| ABLESEAMEN | Trained workers of low rank on a merchant ship (4,6) |
| EQUES | A man of rank, on horseback maybe |
| STRIPE | Sign of rank on an army uniform (6) |
| WORSHIP | Pray for elevation of rank on vessel (7) |
| DIPLOMA | Document conferring honour |
| WORSHIPPING | Praying with other ranks on transport overseas (11) |
| ACCOLADE | A touch on a person's shoulders with the flat of a sword at the bestowing of a knighthood (8) |
| BARON | A hindrance on a person of rank |
| INKBLOT | - - test; form of psychoanalysis devised by Hermann Rorschach based on a person's perception of a se |
| LOOKISM | A prejudice or form of discrimination based on a person's appearance (7) |
| BESTOWAL | Act of conferring (eg, grant on someone) |
| BLOT | A stain made by ink, paint etc; or, by extension, a blemish on a person's character or reputation (4) |
| DESIGNS | Those a crafty tattoo artist could have on a person? (7) |
| LEG | Each of the limbs on a person or animal walks and stands |
| SHOULDER | A ____ to cry on, a person to tell one's troubles to (8) |
| YODELERS | In the US, they make peak calls on a person-to-person basis (8) |
| NAPKIN | Something on a person's lap at a restaurant |