| MORDRED | Former Lord Chancellor took title of 'doctor' and finally 'knight' (7) |
| GENT | Good kind of doctor and a refined man (4) |
| ADVENT | Arrival of doctor and vet (8) |
| MOLIERE | Writer's fiction acceptable to former Lord Chancellor (7) |
| UNDRESS | First part of doctors and nurses involved nudity (7) |
| OLDTIME | Former lord crushed by one's first spell in jail |
| HAILSHAM | Name taken by former Lord Chancellor Quintin Hogg when he became a Lord (8) |
| RICHARD | And 13ac Scot who was Labour's first-ever Lord Chancellor, in 1924 (7,7) |
| MAHMOOD | Shabana ---, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice since July 2024 (7) |
| WOLSEY | The former Lord Chancellor who died at Leicester, on his way to London to answer charges of treason (6) |
| HALDANE | Richard ___ (1856 - 1928) , Edinburgh-born lawyer who was Lord Chancellor (1912 - 15 and 1924) (7) |
| BETHELL | Richard ___, 1st Baron Westbury, Lord Chancellor from 1861-65 (7) |
| ILLSTARRED | Unfortunate lines discovered after I took title role |
| USURPERS | Spurs rue playing those who took title (8) |
| AMA | The professional association of doctors and medical practitioners in the US (1,1,1) |
| NHS | Employer of doctors and nurses (inits)(3) |
| DEL | Neighbor of Md. and Penn. |
| FIRM | Resolute team of doctors and assistants |
| CLARENDON | 1st Earl of -; title of Edward Hyde, Lord Chancellor to Charles II, author of The History of the Rebellion (9) |
| HATTON | Sir Christopher ___, Lord Chancellor of England and a favourite of Elizabeth I (6) |
