| ACCENTUATE | Stress selecting only the letters of Canute (10) |
| CHERRYPICKING | Selecting only the best (6-7) |
| EWEYN | Known as Forkbeard, the first Viking king of England who was the father of Canute the Great (5) |
| HAROLDI | Illegitimate son of Canute the Great nicknamed "Harefoot" (6,1) |
| KENTUCKIAN | King Canute upset with kin from a US State (10) |
| ASTOUNDING | Really impressive, spelled using only the letters of 39-Down |
| DADBLASTED | No-good, spelled using only the letters of 71-Down |
| NATHANHALE | Revolutionary War hero spelled using only the letters of 13-Down |
| PISTACHIOS | Snack items spelled using only the letters of 36-Down |
| LLAMA | Mammal whose name is spelled using only the letters of "mammal" |
| DNA | Its code uses only the letters A, G, C and T |
| LAILA | Boxer Ali whose first name contains only the letters in "Ali" |
| KNOT | Species of sandpiper whose Latin name is derived from King Canute because of the association with the incoming tide (4) |
| EDMUND | - Ironside; son of Ethelred the Unready who was succeeded as king of the English by Canute (6) |
| TURNTHETIDE | Reverse the flow of events - Canute couldn't (4,3,4) |
| BACKWATER | Quiet part of the river, as Canute might have said (9) |
| ASTUTE | In the role of an old king, Canute ultimately perceptive |
| DANISH | What was the nationality of King Canute? (6) |
| VIKINGS | Seafaring Scandinavian explorers, warriors and merchants such as Canute the Great and Eric the Red |
| PECAN | Nut of type Canute fancied(5) |
