| LEITMOTIF | Theme of title I'm adapting (9) |
| IMPRECISE | Vague recipes I'm adapting |
| CLARENDON | 1st Earl of -; title of Edward Hyde, Lord Chancellor to Charles II, author of The History of the Rebellion (9) |
| ROCHESTER | 2nd Earl of -; title of John Wilmot, poet at the court of Charles II (9) |
| LICHFIELD | Earl of ; title of society photographer Thomas Patrick John Anson (9) |
| ALEXANDER | First name of title character in the musical Hamilton (9) |
| EPONYMOUS | Shy person's last to start accepting £25 for referring to person of title (9) |
| CAMBRIDGE | Duke of ---, title conferred on Prince William on his wedding day in 2011 (9) |
| EDINBURGH | Duke of ---, title held by Prince Edward since March 2023 (9) |
| LOSECOUNT | Mislay man of title when tally fails? (4,5) |
| LIBRARIES | They have a reputation for offering loans to those with a number of titles (9) |
| SEMANTIC | Stance I'm adapting relating to meanings of words (8) |
| MODERATIONINALL | Aristotle? In longhand I'm adapting one of his precepts (10,2,3,6) |
| THINGS | Aristotle? In longhand I'm adapting one of his precepts (10,2,3,6) |
| OLYMPIA | Old play I'm adapting in classical setting (7) |
| ESCAPISM | Spaces I'm adapting to provide some fun (8) |
| WARWICK | 16th Earl of -; title of Richard Neville the "Kingmaker", a Yorkist turned Lancastrian during the Wars of the Roses who was killed at the Battle of Barnet (7) |
| ESSEX | Earl of ---, title of Robert Devereux, English soldier and favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England (5) |
| BEY | A Turkish title of respect and form of title rank |
| LEICESTER | 1st Earl of ---, title of 20 Down, created for him in 1564 (9) |
