| JANEGREY | Lady _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, nine-day English queen in 1553 (4,4) |
| GREY | Lady Jane ___, nine-day queen in 1553 |
| STEERAGE | Tickets are cheap for this English queen in theatre (8) |
| ATE | Because 7 _ _ _ 9 (pun punchline) |
| PYRAMID | Massive monument English queen in decline set up (7) |
| DECLARED | Announced day English nun died (8) |
| LADYJANEGREY | England's nine-day queen in 1553 (4,4,4) |
| MODERN | Present-day English sailors support their employer? (6) |
| ZEROHOUR | Elton John's "Rocket Man" bit: "She packed my bags last night, pre-flight / ___ ___, nine AM..." |
| LADYJANE | Nine-day queen of England ___ Grey |
| TOMORROW | Sign of old age memory? It is a nine-day wonder (4,5,4,8) |
| CALVADOS | French cider brandy (eau-de-vie) produced in an eponymous region of Normandy since 1553 (8) |
| EDWARDVI | King (1547-1553) |
| RABELAIS | Francois --, c1494-1553, French satirist (8) |
| JANE | Lady --- ---, queen of England for nine days in 1553 (4,4) |
| EDDIES | Turbulent movements in the news in 1553 and 1910? |
| GAGA | Lady _ _ _ _ , U.S. artist who collaborated with Ariana Grande on the 2020 No 1 hit Rain On Me (4) |
| ANNA | Trollope's "Lady _ _ _" |
| INACAGE | Lady _ ___ _, 1964 Olivia de Havilland psychological thriller film (2,1,4) |
| LOVER | Lady _ _, novel by D H Lawrence, the subject of an obscenity trial in 1960 (11,5) |