| DAMSELS | Maidens needing rescue by a knight in armour, ... in distress |
| JOUSTED | Fought in armour in judo and set in motion (7) |
| KNIGHTERRANT | Old mounted soldier in armour, in search of adventure (6,6) |
| MANILA | Knight in armour goes to a foreign city |
| COMPETENT | Being efficient, manage to protect maiden needing shelter (9) |
| INAUGURAL | Maiden needing cool river around part of summer (9) |
| IVANHOE | Robert Taylor and Joan Fontaine starred in this tale of knights in armour based on Walter Scott's no |
| JUMP | A hop by a knight in chess; a move in draughts that captures an opponent's piece; a wall-like obstacle in equestrian puissance; or, a descent by a parachutist (4) |
| SLOVAKIA | In play Viola's stopped by a knight in the country (8) |
| QUEST | Expedition by a knight in medieval romance; or, the object of a search (5) |
| ARMOUR | A suit worn by a knight in olden times (6) |
| LANCE | Weapon carried by a knight in jousting tournaments |
| CHARGER | War horse ridden by a knight, jouster, cavalryman or a lancer; a large plate used as a table setting; or, a portable device for powering a mobile device (7) |
| PALADIN | Damsel endlessly in distress? Here's a knight in shining armour |
| NEDKELLY | Australian outlaw who wore a suit of armour in a final gun battle in Glenrowan, 1880 (3,5) |
| KNIGHT | Man in shining armour in a Wartburg 353? (6) |
| SALVAGE | Left in wild environment, needing rescue |
| STORMTROOPERS | Villains-in-white-armour in #14- |
| PALETTE | Armour in a selection of colours |
| CONSTABLE | In 3.7, who says, "Tut, I have the best armour in the world"? |
