| GREENBELT | Middle-ranking judo exponent a guard of the city (5,4) |
| DANCE | Judo exponent on church steps (5) |
| CHAPERONAGE | The provision of a guard of honour for a dated young lady! (11) |
| LAMBCHOP | Cut of meat used to make a guard of honour (4,4) |
| BEEFEATER | One of the ceremonial guards of the Tower of London (9) |
| REGISTRAR | Middle ranking doctor who is a record keeper... (9) |
| CHAINMAIL | China and Mali each advancing rear guard of knights (5,4) |
| CHAPERONE | Guard of honour provides tea for each individual (9) |
| TOWEROFLONDON | Fortress holding the 23,578 gemstones of the Crown Jewels under armed guard of the Yeomen Warders (5,2,6) |
| COQUILLES | Scallops served in their shells; little shell-like dishes or pastry cases when used to serve said food; pats of butter; or, bell-shaped hand guards of epees, foils or small swords (9) |
| YEOMAN | Guard of the Tower of London |
| ESCORT | Armed guard of the eastern kind, about 100 |
| PAULPIERCE | All-star guard of the Boston Celtics |
| REGISTRARSHIP | Office of a middle-ranking hospital doctor training to be a specialist (13) |
| LOON | Guard of the Nibelung treasure |
| ALBERICH | Guard of the Nibelung treasure |
| STPETER | Guard of the highest gate |
| EARL | Middle-ranking title among English noblemen |
| MAIDOFHONOUR | Said to have been kept under the guard of a chef's keys in an iron chest, the almond-, puff pastry- and sweetened curd cheese-based royal tart with which Anne Boleyn allegedly found favour with Henry |
| KATEMOSS | Time magazine called her "a first responder in the advance guard of style" |