| LURKER | Temptation grips king, queen and lady-in-waiting? |
| MURASAKISHIKIBU | Japanese novelist, poet, and lady-in-waiting from the Heian period who penned one of the most influential and widely read Japanese classical works: The Tale of Genji. |
| AMAJOR | Key of "Dancing Queen" and "Lady Madonna" |
| HEROIC | Descriptive of Leander's nightly swims, or of the lady-in-waiting? (6) |
| COURTIER | Erotic novel featuring naked Turk, lady-in-waiting? (8) |
| GIRL | Lady in waiting? |
| MISTRESS | Lady in waiting? |
| BIKER | British Institute supported by King, Queen and angel (5) |
| RAKERS | They scrape together artist, king, queen and son (6) |
| TINKERS | Can King, Queen and Head of State have mackerel? |
| TRACKER | Vehicle reverses by king, queen and huntsman (7) |
| HANDKERCHIEF | Offer principal, king, queen and top policeman a bit of material (12) |
| BANKER | Prohibit King, Queen and financier (6) |
| KERB | King, queen and baron found, by the way (4) |
| SAMBUCA | Sea cub master knocked back bottles ... a hangover in waiting? (7) |
| ALDERWOMAN | Law refreshed with a modern equal-op Lord Mayor in waiting? |
| LIE | Thing to do in waiting? |
| CARDS | King, queen & jack |
| GLENCONNER | Lady Anne -; author of a bestselling memoir who was a maid of honour at the Queen's coronation and Princess Margaret's lady-in-waiting (10) |
| RALEIGH | Privateer who led two expeditions in search of the fabled lost city of gold, El Dorado, and fathered three sons with Elizabeth I's lady-in-waiting Bess Throckmorton, including Carew, conceived in the |
