| OBE | Order of the British Empire (init) |
| USSR | Former Russian empire (init) |
| MBE | Abbreviation of one of five classes of appointment to the Order of the British Empire awarded at a New Year Honours ceremony, for example (1,1,1) |
| OFFICER | In the Order of the British Empire, a member of the grade next below commander (7) |
| ELBE | Royal treatment: Mr. Elba, dashing actor who in 2016 chose his mum to escort him to Buckingham Palace to receive the honor of membership in the Order of the British Empire |
| MURDOCH | Iris ___, novelist made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1987 |
| FELICITYPALMER | English mezzo-soprano and music professor who was made a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2011 |
| FREYASTARK | Celebrated 20th-century travel writer, made a dame commander of the order of the British empire in 1972 (5,5) |
| HONOURS | Order of the British Empire and others |
| HONOUR | Order of the British Empire, e.g. |
| PROBE | Peter Rabbit awarded Order of the British Empire for deep-space mission. (5) |
| GOTOBED | Received Order of the British Empire and decided at last to retire (2,2,3) |
| INDIAN | - Summers ; set in the foothills of the Himalayas but filmed in Penang, a television drama based on the final days of the British Empire's colonial rule (6) |
| JEWEL | India was sometimes referred to as "the ___ in the crown" of the British Empire. (5) |
| LESSING | The Fifth Child author who turned down the offer to become a Dame of the British Empire, Doris ... |
| INDIA | "Jewel in the Crown" of the British Empire |
| COLONIAL | Relating to the colonies of the British Empire (8) |
| SHEM | The biblical character of the British Empire (4) |
| TWIGGY | British fashion model and 1960s icon who was made a Dame of the British Empire in 2019 (6) |
| MYRAHESS | British pianist made a Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1941 |
