| CONFESSOR | Edward, for one, who owned up (9) |
| HOWDAH | Doctor Who owned up, getting a seat on jumbo (6) |
| HOTPOTATO | Controversial issue angered King Edward, for one |
| ROASTPOTATO | Criticise King Edward for one having beef with this? (5,6) |
| TATE | King Edward, for one, not altogether an art patron (4) |
| KNEBWORTH | Village in Hertfordshire, site of a Gothic Revival house that was the seat of the Lytton family, including writer Edward, for some 500 years (9) |
| LAMPOONED | Ridiculed Edward for following the French politician with glasses |
| CONFESSED | Owned up to something (9) |
| SEBASTIAN | Who owned Aloysius? (9) |
| ATHELSTAN | Awkwardly halts neat king who owned Hingham in 925 AD (9) |
| ROALDDAHL | Author owned up in dollar collapse (5,4) |
| ADMISIMUS | We have committed (a crime), owned up to (a charge) |
| LEFTANOTE | Owned up to hitting a parked car |
| POLANEGRI | Silent-film star who owned a pet cheetah |
| HENRYVIII | King of England who owned some 60 royal residences including Hampton Court Palace relinquished by Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (5,1,1,1,1) |
| IODISED | I owe Dee one shilling, Edward, for a type of salt (7) |
| ORD | Union Army officer Edward for whom a fort was named |
| TATER | King Edward, for example, seen in gallery with queen |
| REBUT | Deny overthrow of King Edward, for example |
| MURPHY | King Edward, for example, as lawgiver? |
