| LIONHEART | Sobriquet of King Henry the Second's successor |
| HOKUM | Boring when Henry the Second's King? Nonsense! |
| EDEN | Churchill's second successor |
| BOTTICELLI | Sobriquet of a painter who worked under the patronage of the Medicis in Renaissance Florence; his works include The Birth of Venus and Primavera (10) |
| MARGARET | Who is the widow of King Henry VI and confronted by Richard III in the funeral cortege in The Tragedy of King Richard the Third? |
| THEBLACKPRINCE | Sobriquet of the son and heir apparent of King Edward III (1312-77), thought to derive from the armour he wore (3,5,6) |
| MOLIERE | Sobriquet of the French dramatist and actor Jean-Baptiste Poquelin, author of many plays including Tartuffe, Dom Juan and The Misanthrope (7) |
| ARTHUR | Old King Henry the Fifth of England right to advance on old city |
| FIENDISH | Diabolical ally is dropping King Henry the First (8) |
| JAMES | King Henry the writer |
| EIGHTH | Tudor king, Henry the ... |
| STICKS | The instant the seconds are out, gives a pasting to (6) |
| HOWARD | Name of several Dukes of Norfolk, including the third, who was an uncle of two wives of King Henry VIII (6,6) |
| THOMAS | Name of several Dukes of Norfolk, including the third, who was an uncle of two wives of King Henry VIII (6,6) |
| ELEANOR | The forename of the wife of King Henry II (7) |
| ANNEBOLEYN | Consort - for Henry the Second (4,6) |
| HELLO | Magazine shows Henry the Second in league with fellow few ignored |
| ABE | Sobriquet of the honest |
| KINGMAKER | Sobriquet of Richard Neville, Earl of Warwick |
| SPLAYED | Turned out and took part in game, having joined the seconds |
