| FIERCEST | Most violent, having a hand in fight over queen and church |
| ARCHER | Who might pierce inner ear, being vexed about Queen and Church (6) |
| DETAINERS | Ones responsible for imprisonment are instead violent, having no empathy at heart (9) |
| HOTSPUR | Rash person who's violent having impetus (7) |
| WARLOCK | Sorcerer in fight over ringlet |
| CINNAMON | Conman, in fight over spice (8) |
| FELON | Criminal having a hand in heavy metal number making a comeback (5) |
| PARTAKING | Having a hand in role accompanying a ruler |
| GIRL | Drama starring Ben Affleck as a man suspected of having a hand in his wife's disappearance, Gone ___ (4) |
| GONE | Drama about a man who is suspected of having a hand in his wife's disappearance, ___ Girl (4) |
| ADMITTED | Confessed to having a hand in exploit, half-heartedly |
| GLOVE | First girl to adore having a hand in it (5) |
| OSCARISSAC | Guatemalan-born US actor who starred in Inside Llewyn Davis, and whose films include Triple Frontier, Star Wars: The Last Jedi, X-Men: Apocalypse and A Most Violent Year (5,5) |
| YEAR | Oscar Isaac crime drama set in NYC in the '80s, A Most Violent ___ |
| UGLIEST | Stand in violent gust, most violent (7) |
| ERASER | Rubber bridge's finale: king, a spade, over queen (6) |
| HUNTERGATHERERS | Primitive people watch over queen in pleats |
| STICKER | Criticism over queen put in gummed poster (7) |
| BOVRIL | Be very angry over Queen Victoria making a drink from beef extract (6) |
| EMPEROR | Claudius maybe has power over queen in northerly city (7) |
