| JESTER | Professional clown in a medieval court (6) |
| POPOUT | Suddenly appear, like a clown in a jack-in-the-box: 2 wds. |
| LARDER | One of the rooms or areas in a medieval house for storing or preparing food other than a pantry, saucery, spicery or buttery (6) |
| FEUDAL | Strong Brussels youth raised in a medieval way (6) |
| DONJON | Main tower in a medieval castle |
| HOWSON | Hollywood reporter and Clown in Adventure Island, John Michael ... (6) |
| ROCOCO | Right old clown, in 18th-century style (6) |
| KRUSTY | King, out of practice, sees clown in The Simpsons (6) |
| LASSIE | Female clown in story (6) |
| REDSKELETON | Clown in a bony costume? |
| HARLEQUIN | Clown in a diamond-patterned costume (9) |
| TROPE | Evil clown in a horror film, e.g. |
| CARLOAD | Bunch of clowns in a circus stunt, say |
| BOWER | Literary word for a country cottage or summer house; a shady place in a garden or wood; or, a lady's private boudoir in a medieval castle (5) |
| COURTJESTER | A professional clown employed by a king or nobleman, especially during the Middle Ages (5,6) |
| DAIS | Platform for a lectern or a throne with or without a canopy, originally one in a medieval hall where the lord of the manor dined with his family (4) |
| CARAWAY | Described in The Forme of Cury written by the cooks of Richard II's medieval court, seed-like fruits used as a spice to flavour Tudor knot biscuits or jumbles and ryebread (7) |
| SENESCHAL | A steward in a medieval noble household in charge of domestic arrangements (9) |
| HALL | The principal room in a medieval castle; a manor-house; a lobby or vestibule; or, an Oxbridge dining room, hence the dinner itself |
| ACROBAT | Modern name for performer known as a tumbler in medieval courts (7) |
