| GWYN | Surname of Charles II'S mistress Nell (4) |
| KNELL | Sad sound, the sound of Charles II's mistress (5) |
| NELL | -- Gwyn, Charles II's mistress (4) |
| LAMB | What was the surname of Charles, the English essayist who, with his sister Mary, wrote Tales from Shakespeare? (4) |
| VENN | Surname of Charles, the Casualty actor who took part in Strictly in 2018 (4) |
| BEHN | Painted by Sir Peter Lely and remembered in Virginia Woolf's A Room of One's Own, Charles II's spy who penned Oroonoko (4) |
| MACE | Spice derived from a nutmeg; or, a ceremonial staff such as the royal silver-gilt example dating back to Charles II's reign that is used by the House of Commons (4) |
| LELY | Painter at Charles II's court (4) |
| WREN | Charles II's royal architect |
| BREDA | Bread round in Dutch city of Charles II's exile (5) |
| CABALS | Word, from Hebrew for "tradition" and a supposedly acronymic name of Charles II's private ministry, for secret cliques, complots or intrigues (6) |
| BRONSON | Surname of Charles, actor in the Death Wish films |
| RYDER | Surname of Charles in Brideshead Revisited (5) |
| OLD | Ancient royal mistress Nell deserted Goldwyn (3) |
| ROLLSROYCE | Which luxury car manufacturer combines the surnames of Charles and Henry? (5-5) |
| NELLGWYN | Charles II's long-standing mistress (4,4) |
| VILLIERS | From Lady Castlemaine to 1st Duchess of Cleveland, this English noblewoman was Charles II's courtesan, mistress, "uncrowned queen" and "Windsor beauty", who served as the muse of said "Merry Monarch's |
| ORB | Sovereign's -; ceremonial object forming part of the Crown Jewels of the UK, originally made for Charles II's coronation (3) |
| PUDDINGLANE | Where Charles II's baker had his shop (7,4) |
| DRYDEN | Perfecter of heroic couplets who celebrated Charles II's restoration in his panegyric Astraea Redux and became England's first Poet Laureate (6) |
