| QUEENVICTORIA | Grandmother of Kaiser Wilhelm II |
| DOORN | Town in the central Netherlands; residence of Kaiser Wilhelm II after his abdication (5) |
| OLDCONTEMPTIBLES | The ____, a nickname for the British Expeditionary Force, based on a description attributed to Kaiser Wilhelm II |
| KATHEKOLLWITZ | In 1898, after her Weavers cycle, who did Kaiser Wilhelm II refuse to grant a gold medal in art, even when her peers had chosen her to be the recipient? (5,8) |
| WILSON | Ricky, lead vocalist of Kaiser Chiefs and a former coach on The Voice UK (6) |
| AUGUSTAOFSAXEWEIMAR | Wife of the first Kaiser Wilhelm |
| ICHOR | For Kaiser Wilhelm I, men bringing fabulous flower |
| EMPEROR | Small South American monkey with a long white moustache reminiscent of Germany's Wilhelm II, the ... |
| KAISER | Wilhelm II |
| KAISERS | Frederick III and Wilhelm II, for two |
| BEER | "Give me a woman who loves ___ and I will conquer the world" (Kaiser Wilhelm) (4) |
| ANTOINETTE | ___ of Bourbon, grandmother of Mary, Queen of Scots |
| TAMARIN | The emperor ____ monkey is supposedly so-called as its "moustache" makes it resemble Wilhelm II |
| MARGARETTUDOR | Grandmother of Mary Queen of Scots (8,5) |
| JOHNSONIAN | Lots of ladies, perhaps, one visiting old grandmother of Samuel |
| RUTH | Great-grandmother of the biblical king David, married to Boaz, son of Salmon (4) |
| EVE | Grandmother of Enoch |
| SARAH | Grandmother of Jacob |
| GAIL | __ McIntyre, grandmother of Lily in Coronation Street (4) |
| MINNIVER | Maxine __, technically the step-grandmother of (8) |