| FABERGE | Russian jeweller to the imperial court (7) |
| PUGS | Small dogs, popular in the Imperial court, brought from China to Europe in the 16th Century (4) |
| HUNDREDWEIGHT | cwt (there are 20 of them to the Imperial and American ton) (13) |
| MANDREL | A tapered tool used by jewellers to shape or resize rings |
| LABARUM | Monogrammed with the chi-rho symbol, the imperial standard of Constantine the Great (7) |
| SPINELS | Glassy minerals or gems such as the Black Prince's Ruby in the Imperial State Crown or the Timur Ruby (7) |
| OMIKAMI | Japanese goddess of the sun; major deity of the Shinto religion and claimed ancestor of the imperial dynasty (7) |
| ILOVELA | 1983 tune with the lyric "Rollin' down the Imperial Highway" |
| LEMMING | Mel returns with the imperial dynasty, makes one suicidal (7) |
| TIRPITZ | Alfred von ---, German admiral who was secretary of state for the Imperial Navy 1897-1916 (7) |
| ROMANOV | The imperial family that ruled Russia |
| JADE | On reflection, instructed a jeweller to incorporate this stone |
| LOUPE | Thing used by jewellers to examine ring, we hear (5) |
| ATAT | Armoured land vehicle forming part of the Imperial Army in The Empire Strikes Back, referred to as t |
| YUAN | The imperial dynasty of China from the early 13th Century to 1368 (4) |
| PRAETORIANUS | Belonging to the second-highest magistrate; miles ____, member of the imperial bodyguard |
| DEERISLANDS | Group of American islands in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska, occupied by the Imperial Japanese Army in 1942 (4,7) |
| AMATERASU | Japanese goddess of the sun; major deity of the Shinto religion and claimed ancestor of the imperial dynasty (9) |
| CHRYSANTHEMUM | Floral symbol of the Emperor of Japan and the Imperial House |
| PALACE | Residence of the former Chinese dynasties, the Imperial ... |
