| QUEENANNE | Stuart monarch much influenced by her confidante Sarah Churchill until their bitter falling out (5,4) |
| KAHLO | 20th-century Mexican painter influenced by her country's folk art and famous for her self-portraits (5,5) |
| FRIDA | 20th-century Mexican painter influenced by her country's folk art and famous for her self-portraits (5,5) |
| HOPS | Dried flowers used for their bitter flavor |
| ANNE | With the favourites Lady Sarah Churchill and Lady Abigail Masham, Queen who lived and died at Kensington Palace and was the last Stuart monarch (4) |
| SEGOVIA | Guitarist Julian Bream was much influenced by which early 20th Century Spanish guitarist? (7) |
| MALTESE | Semitic language much influenced by Sicilian and Italian (7) |
| NABIS | Group of French artists much influenced by Gauguin (5) |
| SAID | Palestinian-American academic much influenced by 2/13 (6,4) |
| EDWARD | Palestinian-American academic much influenced by 2/13 (6,4) |
| SCHOENBERG | Austrian-born composer much influenced by Mahler (10) |
| RICHARDASHCROFT | Lead singer of The Verve from their formation in 1990 until their split in 1999 |
| WEISZ | Rachel, actress whose film roles include Sarah Churchill in The Favourite (5) |
| RACHELWEISZ | Actress who played Sarah Churchill in the 2018 period comedy-drama film The Favourite (6,5) |
| JOEALWYN | Taylor Swift's boyfriend of the past six years, until their recently-announced breakup |
| PARIS | French capital, site of a Villa Windsor, the home of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor from 1953 until their deaths in 1972 and 1986 respectively (5) |
| NOVGOROD | Until their discovery, it was assumed that writing was the preserve of the church and the ruling class and that most people were illiterate. Since 1951, these medieval boiled-birch-bark documents, of |
| QUEENANNESSOLACE | Comfort given by the last Stuart monarch? |
| LESEMAJESTY | What has Stuart monarch overthrown in grounds on borders of territory? |
| CEZANNE | French artist's in the auditorium, according to Stuart monarch (7) |