| CONQUEST | Nero leaves Queen Consort to take another by force (8) |
| ADELAIDE | Fifth largest city in Australia, named in honour of the queen consort to King William IV (8) |
| ONREQUEST | NCO leaves Queen Consort free, available if required (2,7) |
| MAUVE | Nero leaves manoeuvre to relative of Violet (5) |
| ALEXANDRA | Queen Consort to King Edward VII and mother of King George V (9) |
| BEQUEATH | Leave queen to scrub rear, splashing around in the tub (8) |
| VENTURER | Change direction to take another turn for the better? (8) |
| ADOPTION | At short notice, had a choice to take another on (8) |
| MARGARET | - of Anjou, consort to Henry VI |
| FAMILIES | Groups related to one another by blood or marriage (8) |
| RELATIVE | One who is related to another by blood or marriage (8) |
| SVENGALI | One who dominates another by sheer force of personality |
| AMERICAN | A chap who holds another by name is from the New World (8) |
| TONEDEAF | Drift and fade away, as can't recognise one pitch from another by the sound of it (4-4) |
| REREAD | About to go to study to take another look (6) |
| QINDAR | King leaves Queen without clue to find Albanian bread (6) |
| NIGER | American leaves queen heading to the West Country (5) |
| COBURG | Bavarian town near Prince Albert's birthplace; a cake or a round loaf of bread, said to have been named in honour of said consort to Queen Victoria, shortly after their marriage; or, fine worsted with |
| ALBERT | Prince _; consort to Queen Victoria (6) |
| ELEANOR | Consort's to recline having knocked back caviar, for example, outside |
