| EGBERT | First king of England or Great Britain in upside-down genealogy (6) |
| ISL | Cuba or Great Britain: abbr. |
| HENRYII | First king of England of the House of Plantagenet |
| JAMES | The first king of England and Scotland (5) |
| BYTE | The "B" in KB, MB or GB |
| TRIPUP | Fall over getting gash in upside-down place (4,2) |
| NEWARK | Industrial city in New Jersey or UK Parliament constituency in the East Midlands (6) |
| STAPLE | The length of fibres in wool; a market in medieval England; or, a principal commodity, crop or food (6) |
| RUSSET | Egremont -; classic variety of dessert apple first cultivated in Victorian England; or, a shade of b |
| COLMAN | Olivia ___ (pictured) won the 2019 Academy Award for Best Actress for her performance as Anne, queen of Great Britain in The Favourite (6) |
| CHEMMY | --- Alcott, former alpine ski racer who competed for Great Britain in four Winter Olympic Games (6) |
| UNITED | "U" in USA or UK? (6) |
| ARTIST | Constable in England or sergeant, we hear, in the US (6) |
| QUEENS | One team in England or two in Scotland (6,4,7) |
| CADMUS | Founder and the first king of Thebes in Greek mythology (6) |
| GIBEAH | Home of Saul, the first king of Israel, in the Old Testament |
| VERNON | Gold medallist representing Great Britain in the 2022 men's team pursuit and 2023 men's elimination at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships (6) |
| SERENA | ___ Chen-Williams, teen athlete who qualified to be part of Team GB in Hollyoaks (6) |
| ABROAD | A water feature in eastern England, or overseas (6) |
| SAMUEL | Biblical character who presided over Saul's election as the first king of Israel (6) |