| BOURBONS | Members of a European royal family descended from the grandson of the French king Louis IX (8) |
| HUSSARS | Members of a European light cavalry unit (7) |
| BOURBON | Member of a European royal family producing maize whiskey (7) |
| SAVOYARD | Member of a European royal house established in 1003 (8) |
| ANNEOFAUSTRIA | Mother of the French king Louis XIV |
| POISSON | Influential mistress of the French king Louis XV (7) |
| SUNKING | By what other name is the French King Louis XIV also known? (3,4) |
| NASSAU | Island capital named for a European royal house |
| PITCAIRN | The population of this island is descended from the mutineers of the British ship HMS Bounty. |
| COUPERIN | Known as "le Grand", a composer and harpsichordist who served at the court of the Sun King, Louis XIV (8) |
| HABSBURG | European royal family has swamped Britain with revolting food (8) |
| ODYSSEUS | Greek hero who was the great-grandson of the god Hermes (8) |
| ARCHDUKE | Structure of the French king, by English nobleman (8) |
| FOOTBALL | Irish team sport believed to have descended from the ancient contest of caid, Gaelic ... |
| HAPSBURG | European royal house (8) 18 Sledge (8) |
| MONARCHY | March son off to see the top European royals perhaps (8) |
| MAZARIN | Jules --, cardinal who served as chief minister to the French kings Louis XIII and Louis XIV (7) |
| FRUIT | General word for one of the types of food grown by French gardener La Quintinie at Le Potager du Roi for the table of the Sun King, Louis XIV (5) |
| MAURITIAN | National of the island nation in the Indian Ocean with the capital city of Port Louis (9) |
| VERSAILLES | Capital of the Yvelines department in northern France, whose palace was the seat of the French kings from 1682 to 1789 (10) |
