| HONOUR | Respect or veneration; a group of manors held by one lord; decoration such as a CBE; or, an ace, king, queen, jack or ten in trumps in bridge (6) |
| LOWCARDS | Two, three and four in comparison to ace, kin and queen? (3,5) |
| ORNAMENT | A musical decoration, such as a trill, mordent, etc. (8) |
| GEMS | Minerals for decoration such as precious diamonds, semi-precious opals and topazes or the organic ambers, corals, jets and pearls (4) |
| REVERENCE | Great respect or veneration (9) |
| RODEOCHAMP | Two cars, or an ace rider? |
| IDOLATRY | Excessive devotion or veneration for a person or thing (8) |
| ROSIN | It helps with a cellist's or an ace's pitch |
| EMIN | Surname of the female English artist made a CBE in 2013 (4) |
| ADMIRATION | Feeling of wonder tinged with esteem, love or veneration (10) |
| SANMARINO | Refurbishment of manors in a European enclave |
| MASONRY | Stonework of manors damaged by youth leader (7) |
| WILDLIFE | Aspect of nature, one Lord Liverpool originally introduced to spouse |
| MANY | 'The _ still must labour for a the one' (Lord Byron, The Corsair (1814) 8(4) |
| OLDNORSE | One lord's version of Viking speech (3,5) |
| GOOSSENS | Leon ?, English oboist awarded a CBE in 1950 (8) |
| DYNEVOR | Coronation Street star made a CBE in the 2021 Honours' List (5,7) |
| SALLY | Coronation Street star made a CBE in the 2021 Honours' List (5,7) |
| OKONEDO | Sophie ---, Hotel Rwanda and Chimerica actress awarded a CBE in 2019 |
| JANET | _ Street-Porter was awarded a CBE in 2016 (5) |
