| TINTAGEL | Cornish castle linked to King Arthur (8) |
| PENDRAGON | Ruined Cumbrian castle linked to Arthurian legend (9) |
| WRACK | Women soldiers linked to king's destruction |
| CAMELOT | Castle home to King Arthur and the Round Table |
| SLAINS | Ruined Aberdeenshire castle linked with Dracula (6) |
| POX | Curse, to King Arthur |
| REALM | Camelot to King Arthur, e.g. |
| MORGANLEFAY | Wicked sorceress, half-sister to King Arthur (6,2,3) |
| MERLIN | Wizard and counsellor to King Arthur in Arthurian legend |
| SWORD | Excalibur was the mythical one belonging to King Arthur (5) |
| TAUNT | Mock (as the French soldiers did to King Arthur, e.g.) |
| NEPHEW | Relationship of the knight Sir Gawain to King Arthur (6) |
| EXCALIBUR | Sword given to King Arthur by the Lady of the Lake (9) |
| THELADYOFTHELAKE | Character who presented Excalibur to King Arthur (3,4,2,3.4) |
| TOWNSEND | Peter, equerry to King George VI once romantically linked to Princess Margaret (8) |
| ALLCLEAR | Shout first to last to bring to king encouraging message |
| SIRKENNY | And 29Ac Sad King Henry's ill - turn to king of 3Dn and 2Dn (3,5,8) |
| DALGLISH | And 27Ac Sad King Henry's ill - turn to king of 3Dn and 2Dn (3,5,8) |
| CROMWELL | Thomas ___, lawyer who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII from 1534 to 1540 (8) |
| TAPEDECK | Drive northwards to yield power to king (4,4) |
