| VIRTUOSI | Raising is forbidden with king and four aces (8) |
| SIR | Title raising is supported by queen |
| NONO | Something forbidden (with "a") |
| QUATORZE | (Piquet) Four aces, court cards or tens in one hand (8) |
| EXPLORER | Once, Pole travelled around river with king and Columbus, for example (8) |
| DOORKNOB | Handle gold in party with king and aristocrat (8) |
| ONLOOKER | Observer on throne with King and former Queen (8) |
| NOTRUMPS | Type of bridge contract in which the honours are the four aces |
| LOVEGAME | Darling ready for run of four aces, perhaps? (4,4) |
| RALLYING | Joining forces with king and staging recovery |
| LOOKERON | Spectator seeing throne with king and queen performing |
| CHESSSET | It comes with kings and queens |
| DRAGSHOW | Event with kings and queens |
| NOGOAREA | Area that is dangerous or to which entry is forbidden (2-2,4) |
| UNLAWFUL | Terrible - supporting a French line is forbidden (8) |
| VERBOTEN | Part of speech, note had been rewritten as it is forbidden in Germany (8) |
| GROUNDED | Crushed, Edward is forbidden from socialising |
| ANYPLENDOREDTHIN | What love is, per a Four Aces #1 tune, with "a" |
| AWOMAN | "Your eyes are the eyes of .... in love; And, oh, how they give you away," claimed Frank Sinatra, Frankie Laine and The Four Aces (1,5) |
| APRIL | "Love is a many splendored thing; It's the ... rose that only grows in the early Spring," sang The Four Aces |
