| NIZAMS | Name given to sovereigns of Hyderabad, India, reigning from 1713 to 1950 |
| DELHI | City starts to destroy environment, like Hyderabad, India (5) |
| RANEE | In India, reigning queen |
| EMPERORS | What do we call sovereigns of empires (8) |
| TAKINGS | Contents of the till, thanks to sovereigns (7) |
| ROYALS | Relating to sovereigns |
| VICEREGAL | Give Clare role relating to sovereign's deputy (9) |
| ANGEVIN | Of or relating to the Plantagenet kings of England reigning from 1154 to 1216, descended from Geoffrey, Count of Anjou (7) |
| IVAN | Name of a number of grand princes of Moscow, the first reigning from around 1328- 40 (4) |
| NERVA | First of the 'Five Good Emperors' of Rome, reigning from 96 to 98 AD (5) |
| LOUIS | Name shared by eighteen kings of France, the first reigning from 814-40 and the last from 1814-24 (5) |
| TRAJAN | Roman emperor reigning from 98 to 117AD whose Latin name was Marcus Ulpius Traianus (6) |
| ETHIOPIA | Haile Selassie was the last emperor of this African nation, reigning from 1930 to 1974 |
| ADRIANBOULT | Knighted conductor of the BBC Symphony Orchestra from 1930 to 1950 (6,5) |
| STAFFORD | ____ Cripps, Labour politician who served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1947 to 1950 (8) |
| TEDDER | Arthur William, Briton who was Marshal of the Royal Air Force from 1946 to 1950 (6) |
| GOLKONDA | A ruined city of south-central India situated west of Hyderabad |
| NIZAM | (Historical) Title of the prince of Hyderabad in India (5) |
| THORNBURY | Market town in South Gloucestershire that was a UK Parliament constituency from 1885 to 1950 |
| CIVILLIST | Polite to make inventory of amount paid to sovereign (5,4) |
