| RAFFISH | Dissipated sea creature caught by the Royal Air Force (7) |
| LANCASTER | WWII bomber, the most successful used by the Royal Air Force (9) |
| CORAL | Marine creatures caught by the mouth |
| OCTOPUS | Sea creature caught at surface in river briefly |
| CRAB | Sea creature caught by erecting bar |
| TORPEDO | A weapon used by the Royal Navy is distributed from this depot on the banks of the River Yeo (7) |
| RETINUE | Note about the associate sent back by the royal entourage (7) |
| UNICORN | Creature caught only by a virgin maiden |
| SCIENCE | From the Latin meaning "knowledge", a body of learning promoted by the Royal Society (7) |
| SILENCE | Short play by Harold Pinter premiered by the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1969, directed by Peter Hall |
| THINNER | Pub included by the royal, slimmer (7) |
| BREATHY | Imperfectly speaking, exhibit by the Royal Academy ... (7) |
| BRAEMAR | Aberdeenshire l ocation of a Games traditionally attended by the Royal Family (7) |
| WINDSOR | Surname adopted by the Royal Family in 1917 (7) |
| POLECAT | Creature caught in meadow hiding in grass |
| LEAVEBE | Don’t prod stinging creature caught on vacation |
| CHELSEA | London district that forms a borough with Kensington, site of an annual flower show hosted by the Royal Horticultural Society (7) |
| FRIGATE | Warship; as defined by the Royal Navy in World War II, one larger than a corvette and smaller than a destroyer, used as an antisubmarine escort vessel (7) |
| THEFEW | Name for the Allied airmen of the Royal Air Force who fought the Battle of Britain in the Second World War |
| FLYINGOFFICER | Junior commissioned rank in the Royal Air Force equivalent to a Lieutenant in the British Army or the Royal Marines |
