| ESQUIRE | Historically, a knight's shield-bearer or attendant, today used as a polite title appended to a man's name on a letter (7) |
| ARMIGER | Originally a person who carried a knight's shield, now someone who is entitled to heraldic arms (7) |
| PLEASE | Interjection used as a polite way of asking for something (6) |
| TEMPLAR | Historically a knight, in later form, a politician (7) |
| SCREEN | Loose rocks put on knight's shield (6) |
| AGNOMEN | An additional title appended to a name, eg Alexander the Great (7) |
| SPICES | Ingredients used in medieval gastronomy such as long peppers, grains of paradise, nard and cubeb, today used in the mixtures baharat, harrisa, marsala, quatre epices and za'atar (6) |
| DAYGLO | Fluorescent paint invented by amateur- magician brothers to perfect their shows, today used for hi-vis safety wear (3-3) |
| WHITELIE | I wheel it out as a polite invention (5,3) |
| EUPHEMISTIC | Serving as a polite substitute |
| EYEBLACK | An old-fashioned term for the originally moustache-darkening cosmetic mascara, today used for enhancing one's lashes (3-5) |
| RSVP | Initialism appended to a party or at-home invitation as a host's polite plea for a guest's response (1,1,1,1) |
| SAHIB | What is a polite title or form of address for a man in India? (5) |
| DEVI | Indian title appended to the name of a married woman |
| HOLDER | Bearer or possessor of something such as a championship, passport, title, trophy or world record (6) |
| SUPPORT | A weight bearer or prop, such as a beam, buttress, easel or tripod (7) |
| YEOMAN | A medieval landholder, often a guard or attendant of a noble family (6) |
| SQUIRE | From the Old French for "shield-bearer", a young man of noble birth who attended a knight originally, later a landed gentleman of old family (6) |
| GENTLEWOMAN | A female of good breeding has a polite title |
| PS | A note appended to a letter after the signature. |
