| INFORMANT | Singer doing well, joining Queen perhaps |
| FLATLINER | Unexciting, joining Queen Mary for one cocktail |
| REVERE | Respect always joining queen and English |
| POLITER | Less rude about pilot joining queen (7) |
| CREEPER | Sycophant joining queen in plant (7) |
| LYRELOVETT | Singer doing some plucking? |
| PROBING | In favour of singer doing examination (7) |
| APPLEBRANDY | 'Have You Ever?' singer doing commercials for Mac computers? |
| TRILLER | Singer doing a vocal quaver |
| PROBONO | In favour of celebrated singer doing it for nothing |
| TRUMP | Take a king with a queen, perhaps |
| FACECARD | Boldness shown over eccentric queen, perhaps (4,4) |
| POPGROUP | Attempt to climb over King - as Queen, perhaps? (3,5) |
| GRANT | Admit king and queen, perhaps (5) |
| HALMA | Prince and queen, perhaps, in board game (5) |
| CHARGECARD | Plastic explosive planted next to Queen, perhaps? |
| TACK | Course of action queen, perhaps, set up with king (4) |
| CHESSMAN | Many alpha male bodyguards protected queen, perhaps (8) |
| BEMUSE | Queen, perhaps, wrapping up problem puzzle (6) |
| COMANECI | Olympian queen perhaps in Olympian competition, invariably leads (8) |
