| WORKINGMAN | Lady admits writing from the palace to person in Labour (7,3) |
| ROYALOAK | Approval from the palace to secure a safe place for Charles |
| ABDICATION | Explains leaving the job in The Palace to obtain acid compound (10) |
| RULED | Had a job in The Palace to fill in the lines on the paper ahead of drink (5) |
| SPONGEBATH | Cake brought to English city and given to person in hospital, maybe |
| BAKINGSODA | Graduate from The Palace on the drink with agent responsible for The Rising (6,4) |
| COMPENSATE | Firm friend admits writing articles in attempt to limit damage? |
| FRUITFLIES | Political party admits writing to tech university and libels some pests employed in genetic research (5,5) |
| DRINKINGUP | Call short person from The Palace during party - what's he doing at closing time? (8,2) |
| BUCKINGHAM | Resisting poor actor from the palace (10) |
| AUTHORSHIP | Writing from hammer-wielder carried in gold vessel |
| EPISTOLARY | Like certain writing from Italy, prose that's fancy (10) |
| TRANSLATED | Converted writing from one language into another (10) |
| ELBE | Royal treatment: Mr. Elba, dashing actor who in 2016 chose his mum to escort him to Buckingham Palace to receive the honor of membership in the Order of the British Empire |
| KAYE | Danny ... said, with difficulty, "The pellet with the poison's in the vessel with pestle. The chalice from the palace has the brew that is true" |
| PRECURSOR | In favour of hiding awful curse and writing from The Hearld (9) |
| NORWAY | Under no circumstances include writing from the country (6) |
| ARABIC | Writing from the right account inspires religious scholar putting out book |
| CHALICE | "The ____ from the palace has the brew that is true" (Danny Kaye, in The Court Jester) |
| FRONTRUNNERS | One of The Baskervilles admits writing to The Messenger's people taking the leads (5,7) |
