| NOBLE | Meaning "noted" or "high-born", an aristocrat such as a baron, countess, duchess, duke, earl, marquess or a viscount (5) |
| KLEIN | Yves -, 20th-centu French artist noted or his blue monochrome paintings (5) |
| RENOWNED | The country is noted, or ___, for its lush green landscapes (8) |
| LORD | A master of a feudal manor; a courtesy title given to the son or heir apparent of a duke, earl or marquess; or, a manner of address for a bishop or a judge (4) |
| VISCOUNT | Peer ranking above a baron and below an earl; or, a circular mint chocolate biscuit with a green wrapper (8) |
| GENTRY | From the Old French meaning "high-born, noble", a word for aristocracy or a class of people ranking next below nobility (6) |
| GENTLE | From "high-born, noble, well-bred", a word for courteous or chivalrous first, later mild in disposition; or, kind (6) |
| NIB | A bird's beak or bill; a pen point; a peak, projection or prong; a shaft of a scythe's snath; or, an aristocrat (3) |
| NOBLEMAN | Duke, earl or baron |
| VICOMTE | Title of a French nobleman corresponding to a British peer ranking above a baron and below an earl ( |
| NOBILITY | The state of being "high-born"; or, the class of patricians holding titles of aristocratic rank (8) |
| PEERS | Duke, earl, etc. |
| DEJAVU | Introductions to duke, earl, judge and viscount use sense of repetition |
| MARTINVANBUREN | First to be born an American citizen |
| SHAWNEE | Playwright born an American Indian |
| COCKNEY | Swaggering about how he was born an East Ender (7) |
| IRONMAN | One ancient imperialist gets about, born an athlete (7) |
| NEEPS | Born an afterthought having Scottish roots (5) |
| NASH | In the fashion as high-born dandy (4) |
| SHERPA | Point to that woman's father, a high-born guide (6) |
