| ENTRENCH | Satisfy queen missing man without grand advances - to get royal seat |
| RECLINER | Lie to get royal piece of furniture (8) |
| POKERPLAYERS | *People hoping to get royal flushes |
| LORDLUCAN | Missing man caught, held by all-round rogue |
| WIDOW | Wife, system, missing man finally? (5) |
| YACHTED | Sailed from the centre to get royal's lunchtime schedule (7) |
| RUMPSTEAK | Get Royal referee's take, say, on a piece of meat (4,5) |
| BLIZZARD | Familiar form of Queen missing Bottom in Shakespeare, creating storm |
| FLOES | Florida goes without grand sheets of ice (5) |
| NAVELGAZING | Church body doing nothing without grand contemplation |
| LOGISTICS | Record single stays without grand arrangement (9) |
| BEANO | Party commenced without grand opera overture (5) |
| MONEYFOROLDROPE | Tie up pension in advance to get return for little effort (5,3,3,4) |
| FLOORING | Can phone fellow in advance to get carpet, say (8) |
| ADVICE | Nan left in advance to get some counselling (6) |
| RAISE | Use lift in advance to get a pay rise (5) |
| CREDIT | Pay in advance to get this on your Oyster card, for example (6) |
| ADVERTISE | Beat the drum, in advance, to get promotion (9) |
| PROPOSE | Advance to get support around the south-east (7) |
| GAINGROUND | Advance to get a gin? (4,6) |
