| MONARCHY | State with a king or queen (8) |
| CARACOLE | Vehicle with a king (merry one) making half-turn (8) |
| MAKESURE | Resume moves with a king in check (4,4) |
| CHAMPION | First-place winner; highest award a dog can achieve in showing; or, one who fought in single combat on behalf of a king or queen (8) |
| SPEECHES | Messages of a king or queen broadcast on Christmas Day; or, formal addresses, discourses or talks delivered to audiences generally (8) |
| LEGALITY | Lawfulness - State of being a king or queen (8) |
| SHERIDAN | Writer of Danish plays about a king or queen (8) |
| PRINCESS | The daughter of a king or queen (8) |
| ROYALIST | An otherwise solitary adherent of a king or queen |
| ENTHRONE | make into a king or queen |
| MATTRESS | Something fit for a king or queen |
| CROWN | A simple garland or wreath as a headdress originally, later a more grandiose jewelled diadem of a king or queen; or, the top of an arch, cut gem, hat, head, pineapple or tree (5) |
| PROM | Dance with a king and a queen |
| DAKAR | Capital of Germany with a king and a queen |
| PROMS | School events with a king and a queen |
| ROYAL | Of or relating to or indicative of or issued or performed by a king or queen or other monarch. |
| PRINCE | A son of a king or queen; the male monarch of a microstate such as Andorra or Monaco; or, a man considered pre-eminent (6) |
| EFFIGY | A simulacrum such as a doll, guy, Jack Straw, puppet, scarecrow or statue; or, an impression of a king or queen's head on a coin's obverse (6) |
| IZAAK | One of the Waltons takes takes a Queen's part with a King (5) |
| SLEEPONIT | What to do with a King? Presumably, make a decision after a night out! (5,2,2) |
