| ABDICANT | Term for Edward VIII following December 10, 1936 |
| DECORATORS | Speakers following December tree-trimmers? (10) |
| DUKEOFWINDSOR | Title created in 1937 for the former King Edward VIII following his abdication (4,2,7) |
| WINDSOR | Duke of ---, title created for the former King Edward VIII following his abdication (7) |
| ABDICATOR | Sailor ___ tyrant ___ with no time for Edward VIII, say (9) |
| TENSE | Imperfect, perhaps - with a couple of 8, following part of 1 (5) |
| KEDGEREE | Fish dish, a combination of French and Greek cooking for Edward (8) |
| AWAKENED | Triggered a late get-together for Edward (8) |
| TARGETED | Aimed at providing great opportunity for Edward (8) |
| ANIMATED | Bright-eyed and bushy-tailed cutting rear off beast for Edward (8) |
| SATURNALIA | Ancient Roman seven-day festival celebrated in December (10) |
| DISINFECTS | Uses antiseptic if insects swarm after start of December (10) |
| DESIDERATA | Wants dope to host drug party by end of December (10) |
| CHORISTERS | Singers unusually score hits round end of December (10) |
| POINSETTIA | Plant often bought in December (10) |
| CEMENTED | Stuck together as Clare finds the opposite of most women for Edward (8) |
| REDFERNSPEECH | What address was given by the Australian prime minister on December 10, 1992? (7,6) |
| UBUROI | Play by Alfred Jarry that opened and closed in Paris on December 10, 1896 |
| DECENT | Fair on December ten, possibly (6) |
| GEORGEVI | King following the abdication of his brother Edward VIII in 1936 (6,2) |
