| STUARTHOUSE | Royal lineage including Charles I and II, plus Queen Anne (6,5) |
| STUART | Charles I and II both belonged to this royal house (6) |
| LINE | He will keep the royal lineage up and running. (4) |
| INCEST | How ancient Egyptians often ensured royal lineage |
| BORNTOTHEPURPLE | Of royal lineage |
| SHUGBOROUGH | An unknown craftsman carved eight mysterious letters, OUOSVAVV, between two other letters, D and M, on the Shepherds' Monument in Staffordshire. Thousands of would be code breakers, including Charles |
| LELY | Artist who popularised mezzotint in England and painted the Windsor Beauties and portraits of figures including Charles II and Henry Vane the Younger (4) |
| VANDYCK | Taught by Rubens and influenced by Titian, a Flemish Baroque artist noted for his portraits and representations of Charles I and his court (3,4) |
| METRO | Parisian rapid transport system with stations named after figures including Charles de Gaulle, Marie and Pierre Curie and Victor Hugo (5) |
| HARVEY | Physician to James I, Charles I and Francis Bacon whose landmark book De Motu Cordis published in 1628 describes his discovery of the human blood circulation system (6) |
| EDGEHILL | Battle between Charles I and Parliamentarians in 1642 (8) |
| ADD | To find out how much 1 plus 2 plus 3 plus 4 equals you have to ... up all the numbers |
| SOVEREIGN | English gold coin minted from the time of Henry VII to Charles I, and revived in 1816 (9) |
| TEN | One plus two plus three plus four |
| EVENTHESCORE | Square, say, two plus three hundred and eight, initially, and then add twenty (4,3,5) |
| ANNEHYDE | First wife of James II of England and mother of Mary II and Queen Anne (4,4) |
| DIII | M over 2, plus 3 |
| MII | D times 2, plus 2 |
| DII | M over 2, plus 2 |
| SIX | One plus two plus three |
