| APHRABEHN | English dramatist thought to have been employed by Charles II as a spy in Antwerp |
| EVEN | Having 2 as a factor |
| ASP | Cobra relative said to have been employed by Cleopatra |
| TYPIST | Office worker who might have been employed in a 'pool' (6) |
| ANDRE | John, British major hanged in the US as a spy in 1780 (5) |
| ROYALSOCIETY | An association founded in England by Charles II in 1660 to promote research in the sciences (5,7) |
| SPANIEL | Dog with a breed popularised by Charles II and another named after Blenheim Palace, for example; or, alluding to its reputed submissive nature, a word for a fawning person (7) |
| LAND | The former territories in Canada granted by Charles II to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670 (7,4) |
| RUPERTS | The former territories in Canada granted by Charles II to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1670 (7,4) |
| PRIUS | Toyota model whose plural ends in "ii," as chosen by a 2011 public vote |
| MOE | Catcher Berg who worked as a spy in WWII |
| EASTWOOD | Twice nominated for an Oscar as an actor, he has won two as a director (8) |
| CABAL | Name for a group of secret intriguers. The initials of the five ministers chosen by Charles II for such a role also happen to spell that name (5) |
| OFFICE | General Post -; service officially established by Charles II in 1660 that later became known as the Royal Mail (6) |
| ROYALOAK | Tree used by Charles II to hide from the Roundheads in 1651 (5,3) |
| GPO | It was established in England in 1660 by Charles II: abbr. |
| DUE | A ___ (for two, as a song) |
| SHIITAKE | Mushroom to eat: keep mum two as a starter |
| LOOSEN | Let out a notch or two as a belt |
| JULIE | "Modern Family" star who helped rescue an unconscious hiker who had hit her head on a rock in a Utah national park on Aug. 2; as she came to, the hiker recognized her voice from the show |
