| GROAT | The king is given a shepherd's pipe for fourpence (5) |
| OAT | A cereal grass with grains traditionally fed to racehorses to gee them up; literary word for a straw of said plant as a shepherd's pipe; or, a pastoral poem generally (3) |
| REALM | King is given fancy meal in kingdom (5) |
| FARCE | A dial including the king is a mockery (5) |
| ELVIS | The king is endlessly like a pixie (5) |
| GRANT | Concede that the king is to have a little one (5) |
| OATEN | 'When shepherds pipe on ___ straws': Shak. |
| DELVE | The King is lost in middle of Philadelphia, requiring search (5) |
| CHESS | Board game which ends when the king is captured. (5) |
| IDYLL | ____s of the King is a Tennyson volume of Arthurian poetry |
| STAFF | School's body of teachers; a flagpole; or, a rod such as a bishop's crosier or a shepherd's crook (5) |
| SCORE | A shepherd's historical tally of 20 sheep; the notch duly made; points in a game; or, a grievance or grudge (5) |
| FLOCK | Term for a shepherd's company of sheep; or, a pastor's congregation (5) |
| GRILL | The king is indisposed to cook under heat |
| GREED | When Dee returns, the king is full of eager desire |
| LEROI | "___ est mort" ("the king is dead") |
| CLARE | Poet whose collection The Rural Muse illuminates aspects of country life including oak trees, fairy rings, a nightingale's nest, forest flowers and a shepherd's hut (5) |
| CROOK | What is a shepherd's hooked staff? (5) |
| LAMED | Twelfth and tallest letter of the Hebrew alphabet, traditionally representing a shepherd's staff (5) |
| SHEAR | Do a shepherd's annual job |
