| OLDPRETENDER | The ___, nickname of Prince James, Prince of Wales, the son of the deposed James II of England (3,9) |
| PRETENDER | 'The Old _', nickname of James Francis Edward Stuart, son of the deposed James II of England (9) |
| CASSON | Director of architecture at the Festival of Britain who was elected president of the Royal Academy in 1976 and illustrated the Prince of Wales' The Old Man of Lochnagar (6) |
| JACOBITE | Supporter of the deposed James II |
| STDAVIDS | Named after the patron saint of Wales, the UK's smallest city (2,6) |
| FERDINAND | Christian name of the 15th century ruler of Aragon who married Isabella of Castille, so forming the basis of modern Spain; and, also, the name of the son of the 13th/14th century King James II of Mall |
| BOYNE | A battle in 1690 in which William III defeated the deposed James II (5) |
| ANNEHYDE | First wife of James II of England and mother of Mary II and Queen Anne (4,4) |
| MODENA | Mary of ___, born in 1658, second wife of King James II of England (6) |
| QUINCYADAMS | The sixth President of the US and the son of the second US President (4,6,5) |
| JOHN | And 21 The sixth President of the US and the son of the second US President (4,6,5) |
| EDSEL | Model of Ford motor car named after the son of the founder of the company, Henry (5) |
| NEOPTOLEMUS | In Greek mythology, the son of the warrior Achilles who slays King Priam after the fall of Troy (11) |
| CAGNEY | James II of England visits animal enclosure before day's end (6) |
| EATON | Which London Square is the address of these fictional characters: James' Prince Amerigo, Trollope's Sir Henry Harcourt, and Archers' the Hon. Charles Seymour? (5) |
| ARCHDUKE | Historical title of the son of the Emperor of Austria (8) |
| ROBERT | First name of the son of the 'Father of Railways' (6) |
| PETER | Lord ... Wimsey, fictional detective who is the son of the 15th Duke of Denver (5) |
| HADES | 2020 video game in which Zagreus, the son of the title character, attempts to escape the Greek underworld |
| NANDI | White bull in Hinduism ridden by the god Shiva, described as the son of the sage Shilada (5) |