| SIRLANCELOT | The model of chivalry in Arthurian romance |
| LANCELOT | Model of chivalry |
| ENID | Geraint's wife, in Arthurian romance |
| ASTOLAT | Elaine's home, in Arthurian romance |
| THEGARTER | Order of - -; founded by Edward III and inspired by the tales of King Arthur, the oldest, most senior order of chivalry in the British honours system (3,6) |
| ROMANCE | Tale of chivalry in court (7) |
| IGRAINE | In Arthurian romances, which wife of Gorlois, Duke of Tintagel, was the mother of Arthur, marrying his father, Uther Pendragon, a day after Gorlois was slain? (7) |
| TARQUIN | Family name of a legendary line of early Roman kings; or a recreant knight in Arthurian romances (7) |
| LAUNCESTON | Cornish location of Castle Terabil in Arthurian romances (10) |
| YSEULT | Using an alternative spelling, what name was shared by two heroines of Arthurian romance: one, an Irish princess known as the Fair, the other, known as of the White Hands? (6) |
| GAWAIN | One of the most famous of the knights of the Arthurian Romances (6) |
| DAME | From the Latin for "mistress of the household", word for a female ruler in its earliest sense, now a title given to a woman with the rank of Knight Commander or a holder of the Grand Cross in the orde |
| ISOLDE | Lover of Tristan in the Arthurian romance (6) |
| BEETLE | Insect studied in coleopterology such as a ladybird or may bug; a traditional wooden potato masher; or, the model of the car "Herbie" (6) |
| EDIE | Campbell who received the Model of the Year award at the 2013 British Fashion Awards |
| KNIGHT | He was trained in arms and chivalry in olden days (6) |
| DISCO | Word, from "record library", on the model of bibliotheque, "library", for a type of dance club with pop music, often compered by a disc jockey (5) |
| ELAINE | Lady of Arthurian romance |
| MAJORGENERAL | Stanley the model of a modern one (G & S) |
| ODE | It's the model of a poem! (3) |