| ASHA | Haggard heroine following a champion of the court |
| JOHNSON | Fish merchants daughter from Hull who was hailed as a heroine following her solo ight from England to Australia (7) |
| HERO | Was a leading man a champion of the Roman era? (4) |
| RUSKIN | John ___, English art critic and social reformer who was a champion of the Gothic Revival and the Pre-Raphaelites |
| GOLIATH | In 1 Samuel 17, a champion of the Philistines who is killed by a shepherd (7) |
| FOLKHERO | A champion of the people like Robin Hood (4,4) |
| ARCHDUKE | Title of Luis Salvador of Austria who is revered as a champion of Mallorca's wildlife for his conservation activities on the island during the late 19th and early 20th centuries (8) |
| KINGSLEY | Priestly polymath who was a champion of "muscular Christianity", a chaplain to Queen Victoria and also John Henry Newman's theological foe, but is perhaps best known as the author of The Water-Babies |
| AYESHA | The name of H Rider Haggard's heroine of She |
| LANDTAX | The 19th-century US economist Henry George was a champion of this as the sole source of government revenues (4,3) |
| PORTO | The left love a champion of Europe |
| EROS | Hurtful return of a champion of lovers (4) |
| ALI | Boxer who received a Liberty Medal for being a "champion of freedom" |
| APOSTLE | A champion of a new system, etc (7) |
| SHERPA | Haggard heroine comes upon first religious Father to be a mountaineer (6) |
| TRIBUNE | I see Bert is at the UN! He's a champion of popular rights (7) |
| SERTA | "A champion of comfort for all," according to its website |
| IDOL | ...for a champion of old I disclose. (4) |
| USHERESS | Haggard heroine among users, deployed as female escort (8) |
| RATTIGAN | Haggard heroine recalling low point for dramatist (8) |
