| TRIEDITON | Sea god, grabbing English princess, attempted seduction (5,2,2) |
| TRYITON | Aim to deceive sea-god, grabbing fishy tail |
| DEAN | Desperate character grabbing English head of college |
| DWELLING | By the grace of God grabbing favourably placed house |
| OVERTURES | Attempts at seduction - obvious, sure to fail? |
| SCOUNDREL | Rogue to succeed in seduction, capturing German's and Italian's heart |
| HONEYTRAP | Scheme to catch by seduction (5-4) |
| MAKEAPLAY | How might dramatist attempt seduction? (4,1,4) |
| HOTELROOM | Troubled Romeo loth to use this for seduction? (5,4) |
| DALLIANCE | Seduction |
| HAVELOK | Legendary Scandinavian prince who, according to a Middle English Romance, married the English princess Goldeboru (7,3,4) |
| DIANA | Ill-fated English princess |
| SUZANNE | She takes English princess to court, say |
| DEPRESS | Make blue costume worn by English princess, initially (7) |
| MATILDA | Gentle one embracing a true English princess (7) |
| OEDIPAL | Like a complex king's gem worn by English princess? |
| EDITORIALS | English princess with court cases about ring leaders (10) |
| AMELIA | English princess after whom a Virginia county is named |
| ANNE | English princess who competed in the 1976 Olympics |
| INDIANAN | American at home with English princess by noon |
