| SCROFULA | Disease known as the king's evil (8) |
| TYPHUS | Disease known as 'jail fever' (6) |
| LIONS | Known as the "kings of the jungle", animals living in prides in savannas, grasslands and forests of India and Africa, and the Longleat estate in Wilshire (5) |
| RUBIES | Traditional birthstones for July known as the kings of all the gems (6) |
| BIGBANG | Known as the "Kings of K-pop," this originally five-member boy group debuted under YG Entertainment in 2006. (3,4) |
| POLIOMYELITIS | Acute viral disease known simply as polio (13) |
| AVIANINFLUENZA | Viral disease known informally as bird flu (5,9) |
| YACHTING | Boating activity involving leisure cruises, regattas or sporting events such as the King's Cup or the Fastnet Race (8) |
| IGLESIAS | Enrique --, singer known as the King of Latin Pop (8) |
| LIBERACE | Flamboyant U.S.pianist known as the King of Bling (8) |
| WHITEMAN | Paul, jazz bandleader known as 'the King of Jazz' (8) |
| BASILISK | Magical beast, known as the King of Serpents, whose breath is fatal (8) |
| AIREDALE | It's known as the 'King of Terriers' |
| ROYACUFF | American singer, fiddler and promoter known as the 'King of Country Music' |
| BEYGDMAN | Clarinetist known as the "King of Swing" |
| SCROFULOUS | Non-Eastern curse so foul, spreading like the king's evil |
| ARSENIC | Based on Persian for "gold", a toxic element with compounds including orpiment, or king's yellow as a pigment, once used as an untraceable of murder known as the king of poisons or poison of kings (7) |
| PUMPKIN | Fruit known as the king of the vegetable patch, related to squashes, cucumbers, watermelons and courgettes, versatile in cookery as it can be served in sweet, savoury or spicy dishes (7) |
| ENGLISHOAK | Tree species native to Britain known as the king of the forest, in which Charles II hid from the Roundheads (7,3) |
| ORIENT | - Express; known as "the king of trains and the train of kings" and depicted in a novel by Agatha Christie, a vehicle created by Compagnie Internationale des Wagons-Lits in 1883 (6) |
