| PALADIN | Guy in distress is a knight |
| SISAL | Plant in distress is a liability |
| RAFFLE | Being very noisy in real distress is a chancy thing! (6) |
| ENTIRE | Tree in distress is still in one piece (6) |
| CONSOLER | One cheering in distress is more relaxed, having gained two points (8) |
| ARTISAN | Skilled worker in paintings is a knight |
| SISTER | A measure of distress is terribly relative (6) |
| PAIN | Distress is something quite clear to the audience |
| AFFLICTION | Condition of distress is probably fiction, Alf! (10) |
| CHARGER | War horse ridden by a knight, jouster, cavalryman or a lancer; a large plate used as a table setting; or, a portable device for powering a mobile device (7) |
| DUBS | Makes a person a knight by touching his shoulders with a sword / provides a movie with an alternative soundtrack especially in a different language |
| DAMSELS | Maidens needing rescue by a knight in armour, ... in distress |
| PAKISTAN | King is kept in touch, having a knight in the country |
| LEW | UK television mogul ... Grade was made a knight in 1969 and a life peer in 1976 |
| DUB | Make a person a knight by touching his shoulder with a sword / provide a movie with an alternative soundtrack |
| AUCOURANT | A superior monarch's palace in which a knight is well-informed (2,7) |
| EQUUS | Latin word for a knight in chess; or, a member of an ancient Roman order of elite horsemen ranking below a senator (5) |
| LANCELOT | Make a hole in fortune as a knight (8) |
| KARIBA | A knight, a wife, a dam (6) |
| SIR | A King without direction is just a Knight (3) |
