| EMBASSY | The residence or offices of an ambassador, or the latter's entourage collectively (7) |
| YAMEN | Residence or office of a public official, in the Chinese Empire. |
| DIPLOMAT | An official, such as an ambassador or first secretary, engaged in the conduct of the relations of one state with another (8) |
| CONSULATE | Building that is the residence or workplace of a diplomat (9) |
| AGENCY | An instrumentality; or, the business or office of a broker, intermediary or representative (6) |
| HUYGENS | Dutch scientist who invented the pendulum clock, founded the wave theory of light, first recognised the true shape of Satum's rings and discovered the latter's moon. Titan (7) |
| ATTACHE | Diplomatic specialist assigned to an embassy; or, a junior member of an ambassador's staff (7) |
| HOLBEIN | Artist who painted portraits of Erasmus, Sir Thomas More, Thomas Cromwell, Henry VIII, several of the latter's wives and other prominent figures at the Tudor court (7) |
| KREMLIN | The _, citadel in Moscow containing the offices of the Russian government (7) |
| LATERAN | Building that houses the offices of the Vicariate of Rome, _ Palace (7) |
| ADDRESS | Place of residence or business / speak before a formal gathering |
| SEYMOUR | Succeeding Anne Boleyn as queen consort 11 days after the latter's execution, Henry VIII's third and favourite wife, Edward VI's mother (7) |
| ROUSHAM | Country house in Oxfordshire remodelled by William Kent along with its garden which contains the latter's "Eyecatcher" folly and also statues by Peter Scheemakers (7) |
| DENMARK | 1992 Euro winner; this country played only because Yugoslavia was disqualified after the latter's breakup |
| PRIMACY | Office of an archbishop (7) |
| SITTING | In office (of an MP) (7) |
| ISEULT | One of the spellings of the wife of Mark of Cornwall who was in love with the latter's knight, Tristan (6) |
| DOUGHNUT | A deep-fried ball or ring of batter; or, reminiscent of the latter's shape, an annulus or torus (8) |
| MOVES | Players' turns in chess or draughts; the various ways that the pieces are transferred in said games; changes of houses or offices; or, acts initiating plans or processes (5) |
| CHARGEDAFFAIRES | The temporary head of a diplomatic mission in the absence of the ambassador or minister |
