| AFTER | In succession to |
| BLISS | Composer and conductor who was knighted in 1950 and appointed Master of the Queen's Music in 1953 in succession to Sir Arnold Bax (5) |
| WEIR | Composer of A Night at the Chinese Opera who was appointed Master of The Queen's Music in succession to Sir Peter Maxwell Davies in 2014 (4) |
| EURO | Currency adopted by France in 2002 in succession to the franc (4) |
| ONTHETROT | In succession to throne, oddly, viscount's last (2,3,4) |
| BRADFORD | English city that was named UK City Of Culture for 2025 in succession to Coventry (8) |
| ACTOFSETTLEMENT | Legislation passed in 1701 to regulate succession to the throne of Great Britain and Ireland |
| BEATRICE | English princess who was born in 1988, fifth in line of succession to the British throne (8) |
| ACTOF | Legislation passed in 1701 to regulate succession to the throne of Great Britain and Ireland (3,2,10) |
| SETTLEMENT | Legislation passed in 1701 to regulate succession to the throne of Great Britain and Ireland (3,2,10) |
| EUGENIE | Princess who is eighth in the line of succession to the throne of the UK (7) |
| SUSSEX | Duke of -; title of Prince Harry, sixth in the line of succession to the British throne (6) |
| TROOPS | Some soldiers pass in rapid succession to their last garrisons (6) |
| LILIBET | First name of the eighth in line of succession to the British throne (7) |
| ARCHIE | ____ Mountbatten-Windsor is currently sixth in the line of succession to the British throne |
| GEORGE | Second in the line of succession to the British throne |
| ANNE | 17th in order of succession to the British throne |
| ESTELLE | Princess who's second in line of succession to the Swedish throne |
| SALIC | Law limiting succession to males (5) |
| PRIMOGENITURE | Automatic succession to first-born child (13) |
