| SOPHIERHYSJONES | The Countess of Wessex's pre-royal name (6,4-5) |
| KATEMIDDLETON | The Duchess of Cambridge's pre-royal name (4,9) |
| EGBERT | Wessex's "bright sword" who conquered Mercia, forged much of Albion and became overlord of much of southern England (6) |
| WITENAGEMOT | Wessex's leader travelling to a meeting - this one? |
| SOPHIE | First name of the Countess of Wessex (6) |
| ADA | Computer language named after the Countess of Lovelace |
| LARACROFT | Billionaire "tomb raider" also known as the Countess of Abbingdon: 2 wds. |
| ELIZABETH | - McGovern, actress who played the Countess of Grantham in Downton Abbey (9) |
| ADAS | The Countess of Lovelace and others |
| PHILIPSIDNEY | 16th-century English poet whose works include prose work The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (6,6) |
| HARDWICK | - Hall; Elizabethan house in Derbyshire designed by Robert Smythson for the Countess of Shrewsbury known as Bess (8) |
| YEATS | W.B., author of the play The Countess Cathleen (5) |
| EDWARD | First name of the third son of the Queen and Prince Philip, husband of Sophie, Countess of Wessex (6) |
| DUNEBUGGY | In the James Bond film, For Your Eyes Only, the Countess is killed by a ... driven by the villain (4,5) |
| TESSITURA | The range of voice for a piece with the Countess I Turandot part (9) |
| EMMERICHKALMAN | Jewish-Hungarian composer of 'The Countess Maritza' (1882-1953) |
| LADYGAGA | Portrayor of the Countess in "American Horror Story: Hotel" |
| KARENINA | Surname of a character created by Leo Tolstoy, the Countess Anna Arkadyevna (8) |
| FINCH | Poet who held the title Countess of Winchilsea and wrote A Letter to Daphnis, A Nocturnal Reverie, To the Nightingale and The Owl Describing her Young Ones (5) |
| SYBIL | Lady ___, youngest of the Earl and Countess of Grantham's daughters (5) |
