| JUPITER | Greek character introduced to an old German king or god (7) |
| ELECTOR | Choose an alternative to an old German ruler (7) |
| PHISHING | Greek character introduced first hack into problem sign of cyber fraud (8) |
| CREMONA | An old German car reversing in Italian city (7) |
| PRUSSIA | Country, after promising start, becomes an old German state |
| ATHEISM | The rejection of belief in God or gods (7) |
| ATHEIST | One who disbelieves in the existence of God or gods (7) |
| OTRANTO | Italian city a German king managed to enter |
| RUDOLPH | German king, founder of the Habsburg dynasty (7) |
| LOTHAIR | German king and Holy Roman emperor who died in 1137 (7) |
| HANSOLO | Film character introduced in 1977, who died in a 2015 sequel |
| OTTOIII | 10th century German king (4,1,1,1) |
| OTTOMAN | Possible German king, say, from a vast empire |
| KAISERS | German kings who give a silly kiss on the ear (7) |
| TEMPLAR | Nicknamed 'The Saint', the Leslie Charteris character introduced in Meet The Tiger in 1928 was Simon |
| ALBERTI | German king, composer, architect and writer |
| MEISTERSINGER | One man had the energy to take on an informer, like an old German minstrel (13) |
| FLEAMARKET | Quick to include an old German coin in second-hand sale |
| VISIGOTH | Call round to have game with Henry, an old German |
| ANTITHESIS | Opposition wants taxes introduced to an island |
