| BEEFEATER | Nickname for a Yeoman Warder or Yeoman of the Guard at the Tower of London, in use since the 17th century (9) |
| RHEUMATISM | What word for any painful disorder of the joints or muscles has been in use since the 17th century? (10) |
| VAN | For the guard at the rear, yet at the front (3) |
| SENTRYPAGEANTRY | Changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace? |
| TOMMYATKINS | Generic name, in use since the 18th century, for a British soldier |
| BEEFEATERS | Yeomen of the Guard or Yeoman Warders |
| THEYEOMENOFTHEGUARD | Gilbert and Sullivan opera set in the Tower of London in the 16th century (3.6.2.3,5) |
| YIO | Warder of the Tower of London in Eng. |
| YEO | Warder of the Tower of London in Eng. |
| SCREW | A helical pin for joining timber by turning with might; or, a prison warder or turnkey keeping inmates locked up day and night (5) |
| GUARD | Word for a warder or a watcher (5) |
| THREEINAROBE | Trio trying to sneak past the guard at a sauna? |
| TURNKEY | Prison warder or jailer |
| OPERETTA | HMS Pinafore or The Yeoman of the Guard |
| RAVEN | Species of crow described by Edgar Allan Poe as a "grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt and ominous bird of yore", seven of which live at the Tower of London (5) |
| RAVENS | Birds kept at the Tower of London, reputedly since Charles II (1660-85) decreed a minimum population of six (6) |
| DELFT | Tin-glazed earthenware made in a town in the Netherlands since the 17th century |
| JEWELS | Crown -; Queen's 23,578 gemstones in the Tower of London guarded by sentries, yeoman warders and ravens (6) |
| YOUNGADAM | Broadcast Yeoman of the Guard thereof absent, featuring 9Dn (5,4) |
| BEEEATER | Yeoman of the Guard loses female bird (3,5) |
