| LAMPREYS | Fishlike jawless vertebrates (of which Henry I is said to have eaten a surfeit and died) (8) |
| REPTILES | Cold-blooded vertebrates of a class that includes snakes, lizards, crocodiles, turtles and tortoises (8) |
| SPINACH | Catherine de' Medici is said to have eaten it at every meal |
| REGULAE | Fillets on plate some insects have eaten, a number gone |
| BIRDS | Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrates of the class Aves |
| ADULTERY | Offence of which Henry Vlll's second and fifth wife were accused (8) |
| DESTINED | Fated to have eaten out at insider establishment (8) |
| MOUSSAKA | Doctor to ask us about a dish we may have eaten abroad (8) |
| DELICACY | I'd cycle round having eaten a titbit (8) |
| CALIPASH | Islamic official has eaten a second piece of the turtle |
| CALAMARI | Still mostly very thirsty, having eaten a seafood dish (8) |
| METHINKS | Wild animals have eaten the crackers, I reckon |
| AGNATHAN | Jawless fish |
| BELPAESE | Bed shortly - sleep will be fitful having eaten a cheese |
| GLUT | From "swallow" and related to a term for a gourmand, a word for a surfeit of something, such as a crop (4) |
| HENRYI | Youngest son of William the Conqueror who is reputed to have died from a "surfeit of lampreys" (5,1) |
| AMPHIBIAN | General name for a cold-blooded vertebrate of a class comprising frogs, toads, newts and salamanders; or, a type of vehicle for use on land or water (9) |
| TUDOR | Royal house of which Henry VIII was a member (5) |
| ANJOU | Former province of France of which Henry II was count (5) |
| POMEGRANATE | Because the wife of "king of the underworld" had eaten a single seed in the underworld, she had to remain there one-third of the year and spend the other two-thirds with her mother. From what fruit di |
