| ARRAIGNING | Initially acting like a monarch, we hear, can be trying |
| RAINING | Coming down as a monarch, we hear, (7) |
| SEEKING | Looking for the ocean monarch, we hear (7) |
| SPYPLANE | You too, we hear, can be a drone (8) |
| LAUDABLE | Aristocrat, we hear, can be worthy of praise |
| ESSAYING | Leaders of English society with wise words can be trying (8) |
| ORDEAL | Cook roe with dal. It can be trying! (6) |
| DOCK | Being therein can be trying (4) |
| RAISE | Beams, we hear, can elevate things or people (5) |
| RESCUERS | Incomplete rest cures, we hear, can still save us (8) |
| PERISH | Be lost, like a monarch in a shipwreck (6) |
| INAMORATA | Lover's in a marriage basically, or one troubled initially, acting (9) |
| AFAR | At a distance initially acting for Alf Roberts (4) |
| INABODY | In motor racing, a burst's overcome initially, acting all together |
| REIGNING | Sounds like it's pouring when ruling like a monarch (8) |
| ASKING | Making a request like a monarch (6) |
| REIGN | Rule over a country (like a monarch) (5) |
| ASKINGPRICE | Like a monarch with a charge, the amount wanted (6,5) |
| REGAL | Like a monarch to be genuine about governing first (5) |
| NOVENA | New hot spot for a pizza initially acting out of interest to devoted followers (6) |
