| BELLRINGER | Jewellery clutched by lovely lady coming against king - someone in the tower? (4,6) |
| PAULNEWMAN | English cricketer who played for Derbyshire between 1980 and 1989, his only first-class century coming against Leicestershire in 1985 |
| BEEFEATER | Exploit with energy drink lands someone in the Tower |
| TITUSOATES | English clergyman and conspirator who fabricated the 'Popish Plot' against King Charles II in 1678 (5,5) |
| BEJEWELLED | Richly adorned Eastern believer eclipsed by lovely daughter (10) |
| MELTINGPOT | Finest of Lovely Lady Liberty's recipes, per a "Schoolhouse Rock" song |
| ASPIDISTRA | Plant, poisonous thing, first seen over river, clutched by girl |
| DEBTOR | They owe something to the young lady coming out by the hill (6) |
| EXCOMMUNICATION | Punitive action taken by the Pope against King Henry VIII (15) |
| UPDRAUGHT | One raises the wind in revolt against king, perhaps |
| RESTSON | Leans Against King by the Rolling Stones (5,2) |
| LIGHT | 'A lovely lady, garmented in ___' (Percy Bysshe Shelley 'The Witch of Atlas' (1820) |
| TRENCHERMAN | Pit queen against king for the title of "hearty eater" (11) |
| NECK | Audacity in hints of nasty early combination against king (4) |
| JUPITER | Asked, "D'you pit her against king of the gods?" (7) |
| JACKCADE | Leader of a rebellion against King Henry VI in 1450 (4,4) |
| RUMPELSTILTSKIN | Strange spell, it's cast over time against king in fairy tale (15) |
| EYEFUL | Lovely to see and hear the tower? (6) |
| STAUNCHLY | Stop by lovely outskirts, in a loyal way |
| DEBACLE | Young lady coming out left in ace, causing shambles (7) |
