| SIDEMAN | Jazz accessory gets dames in trouble (7) |
| MAIDEN | Damsel gets dame in trouble (6) |
| MAIDENS | Young ladies or dames in trouble |
| SPRINTER | Son given computer accessory gets one running |
| UNTAMED | Wild, eccentric nut gets dame upset (7) |
| FONTEYN | English ballerina made a Dame in 1956 (7) |
| WINDSOR | Barbara _, Carry On film veteran made a dame in 2015 (7) |
| SITWELL | Edith _ (1887-1964), poet created a dame in 1954 (7) |
| DRABBLE | Margaret ___ (b 1939), English novelist made a Dame in 2008 (7) |
| MEDIANT | Fantastic dame in time shows musical tone (7) |
| ACADEME | Drunken dame in excellent academic life (7) |
| GLENNIE | Scottish virtuoso percussionist made a Dame in the 2007 New Year Honours (6,7) |
| MURDOCH | Iris ___ (1919 - 99) Dublin-born novelist and philosopher, created a Dame in 1987 (7) |
| MAUREEN | & 3A Coronation Street actress who was made a Dame in 2020 (7,6) |
| EVERAGE | Dame in drag, English, turned up as a vicar |
| TREMAIN | Rose ---, British novelist made a dame in 2020 |
| DENCH | One of the dames in 2018's "Tea With the Dames" |
| CARRINGTON | Two elite NZ sportswomen who became dames in the 2022 New Year Honours (6,10) |
| PASCOE | Two elite NZ sportswomen who became dames in the 2022 New Year Honours (6,10) |
| LAINE | Cleo ---, jazz singer made a dame in 1997 |
