| AMELIA | English princess after whom a Virginia county is named |
| GEORGEMASON | Founding father after whom a Virginia university is named |
| SWAN | Ballet princess, after a sorcerer's curse |
| ELIA | So-called essayist creating role of princess after 8 (4) |
| COCHISE | Apache chief who died in 1874, after whom an Arizona county is named (7) |
| MIAMIS | Great Lakes natives for whom an Ohio county is named |
| ONONDAGA | Iroquois tribe for which Syracuse's county is named |
| ERIE | Lake for which Ohio's Lake County is named |
| ARLINGTON | Virginia county, part of the Washington metropolitan area, where the Pentagon and a national cemetery are located |
| HAVELOK | Legendary Scandinavian prince who, according to a Middle English Romance, married the English princess Goldeboru (7,3,4) |
| APPOMATTOX | Virginia county or its seat |
| MATILDA | Gentle one embracing a true English princess (7) |
| OEDIPAL | Like a complex king's gem worn by English princess? |
| EDIFYING | English princess in a hurry left to go, giving moral instruction? (8) |
| DIANA | English princess who died in a car crash (5) |
| HUNDRED | Division of an English county is a square |
| PLANTERSPEANUTS | Product whose logo was designed by a Virginia schoolboy as part of a contest |
| SUZANNE | She takes English princess to court, say |
| DEPRESS | Make blue costume worn by English princess, initially (7) |
| TRIEDITON | Sea god, grabbing English princess, attempted seduction (5,2,2) |