| PENDA | King of Mercia, Great Britain who died in 655 (5) |
| ALBERT | Husband of Queen Victoria of Great Britain who died in 1861 (6) |
| CHURCHILL | Prime minister of Great Britain who led his country to victory (last name; 9) |
| DANIELLELLOYD | Former Miss Great Britain who fell out with Shilpa Shetty on Celebrity Big Brother (8, 5) |
| HORSA | Anglo-Saxon settler in Britain who was the brother of Hengist (5) |
| SACHS | Jonathan, Baron _, former Chief Rabbi of the UK who passed away in 2020 (5) |
| EDGAR | King of Mercia and Northumbria who became king of England in 959 (5) |
| AGRICOLA | Gnaeus Julius ___, Roman general and governor of Britain who died in 93 (8) |
| MELLISH | Robert, former Labour Party Chief Whip in Britain who died in 1998 (7) |
| CANNING | George ---, prime minister of the UK who died in office in 1827 (7) |
| GEORGECANNING | Prime minister of the UK who died in office in 1827 (6,7) |
| VOUCH | PlusWord No 655 |
| OFFAL | King of Mercia left such refuse (5) |
| OFFER | Special rail discount for King of Mercia, we hear? (5) |
| CASSON | Director of architecture at the Festival of Britain who was elected president of the Royal Academy in 1976 and illustrated the Prince of Wales' The Old Man of Lochnagar (6) |
| MADELEY | Surname of Richard, presenter on Good Morning Britain who took part in I'm A Celeb in 2021 (7) |
| KINGLEAR | Legendary king of Britain who ruled for sixty years (4,4) |
| ARTHUR | Legendary king of Britain who was married to Guinevere (6) |
| EARL | - Grey; bergamot-flavoured Keemun tea that takes its name from the title of a prime minister of the UK who served in the 1830s (4) |
| SHEATH | Cover head of state with PM of UK who decimalised the pound (6) |
