| PRESTERJOHN | Legendary emperor in trouble arresting king - an English one |
| DREYFUS | Commander faces endless trouble, arresting royal officer in France |
| YAKS | Big beasts pronounce about arresting king |
| YAO | Legendary emperor of China (3) |
| MIKADO | Emperor in trouble with king on M1 (6) |
| SRI | Asian title that's an anagram of an English one |
| HORN | An English one is wood, a French one brass |
| ELLEN | The French lady's name? An English one |
| ZAIRE | African river longer than an English one (5) |
| LATHE | It's used for turning a French article to an English one |
| YEATS | Irish poet could be an English one with change of hat (5) |
| PROVIDENT | Far-sighted king, an old poet in cloistered surroundings (9) |
| MACBETH | Scottish king, an American subject, retaining award (7) |
| RONALD | Preceding T (29) is R (king, an old drunk) ... (6) |
| FREAK | Fellow on about a king, an oddity (5) |
| KNAVE | Part of church begun by king, an old rogue |
| BOOR | I don't like that king, an uncultured man |
| MAVERICK | Crimea devastated around 5 by King, an unconventional person (8) |
| TROLL | Sound of bell enveloping King, an enemy of Peer Gynt (5) |
| SUN | The _ King, an epithet of Louis XIV (3) |
