| EDWARDVIII | King for less than a year as he stepped down to marry Wallis Simpson; the only British sovereign to abdicate voluntarily (6,1,1,1,1) |
| SIMPSON | King Edward VIII abdicated the British throne to marry Wallis ... |
| RISHI | He stepped down as 25 turned up - ciao! |
| BART | ___ Simpson, the only son of Homer and Marge in The Simpsons (4) |
| EDWARD | He was king for less than a year before abdicating to marry an American divorcee |
| EAR | Left ___ (brand-new body part for 14-Across after his motorcycle accident last year, as he shared on a comedy podcast last week) |
| EASE | "There was ___ in Casey's manner as he stepped into his place..." |
| DAMON | ___ Kinsella, Chester bloke who was married to 7D for less than a year (5) |
| KEEGAN | Who is the only British player to have been voted European Footballer of the Year twice? (6) |
| ANDREWBONARLAW | The only British Prime Minister to have been born outside the British Isles (6,5,3) |
| CHICHESTER | Cathedral city in West Sussex; or, the Gipsy Moth IV yachtsman who, at the age of 65, sailed solo around the world in less than a year with one stop (10) |
| SATYR | Was seated for a year as a deity of the woodlands |
| STEVEHANLEY | This ex-Sale wing progressed from Aspatria RUFC to a 1999 England cap in less than a year (5,6) |
| STANDARD | Royal ---, flag bearing the arms of the British sovereign, flown only when she or he is present (8) |
| WINSTONCHURCHILL | The only British prime minister to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature |
| REDSHIRT | Hold aside for a year, as a college athlete |
| GARFUNKEL | Simon's partner in a musical duo which broke up less than a year after its bestselling album |
| GIVER | Donor of less than a sovereign to Joe (5) |
| GEORGE | For six English sovereigns to share nobly, work to rule they did as one, namely. (6) |
| WADE | Retired tennis player and the only British woman to have won titles at all four Majors, Virginia _ (4) |
