| VISCOUNT | Member of the British nobility ranked above a baron but below an earl (8) |
| BARONET | Below a baron but above a knight (7) |
| BARONAGE | Members of the lowest order of the British nobility collectively (8) |
| EARL | Member of the British nobility who's ranked higher than a baron |
| VICOMTE | Title of a French nobleman corresponding to a British peer ranking above a baron and below an earl ( |
| MILITARY | ____ Cross, decoration given to members of the British Armed Forces, first awarded in 1915 (8) |
| PEER | Member of the House of Lords; or, in the British nobility system, a person hereditarily titled duke, marquess, earl, viscount or baron (4) |
| BARON | Male member of the lowest rank of the British nobility (5) |
| APPEAR | Come into view to hear a member of the British nobility (6) |
| BARONS | Members of the lowest order of the British nobility (6) |
| EARLS | Members of the British nobility |
| LORD | Member of the British nobility |
| ORDER | A group above a family but below a class (biol) (5) |
| ANNE | First name of the Princess Royal who, in 1976, became the first member of the British royal family to compete in an Olympic Games (4) |
| EARLDOM | Aristocratic domain above a viscountcy but below a marquessate (7) |
| SEMIPRO | Player above an amateur but below a professional (4-3) |
| TRUMP | In cards, suit ranked above other suits for the duration of a hand (5) |
| THANE | Anglo-Saxon noble ranked above an ordinary freeman and below an eorl or ealdorman |
| DUC | Peer ranked above a comte |
| CECIL | Forename of a photographer remembered for his portraits of members of the British Royal family and the "bright young things" (5) |
