| CONQUISTADOR | This old Spanish adventurer was an icon -- he's buried in Stroud, next to a queen, which is very unconventional (12) |
| CASANOVA | Which Italian adventurer was a favourite in the court of France's Louis XV? (8) |
| PARK | Position pawn next to a queen and king |
| LESLIECHEUNG | Hong Kong film legend and Cantopop icon, he was one of the only publicly "out" artists in 90s Chinese pop culture. |
| MARCONI | Spoil the icon he made as a telegraph pioneer (7) |
| CAR | I'm In Love With My ___ 1975 song by Queen which is a part of the album A Night at the Opera |
| BREAK | I Want to ___ Free 1984 song by Queen which is a part of the album The Works |
| LIFE | Love of My ___ 1975 song by Queen which is a part of the album A Night At the Opera |
| FALL | Hammer To ___ 1984 song by Queen which is a part of the album The Works |
| UNDY | On this day in the middle of June, we lost one of our leading authors -- he's buried in a place near Caldicot (4) |
| ROCK | We Will ___ You 1977 song by Queen which is a part of the album News of the World |
| ARE | We ___ the Champions 1977 song by Queen which is a part of the album News of the World |
| NOW | Don't Stop Me ___ 1979 song by Queen which is a part of the album Jazz |
| KINGTUT | He's "buried in his jammies" in a Steve Martin song |
| IDEFORD | My father died with nothing - he's buried in a village near Newton Abbot (7) |
| PONCEDELEON | Several hundred thousand indigenous people may have been living in Florida when this Fountain of Youth-seeking Spanish adventurer first hit the beach there in 1513 (5,2,4) |
| SAUNDERSFOOT | My son, a leading field eventer who lives in Stroud, trains at this place near Tenby (12) |
| ALAN | He's buried in an avalanche |
| SINCERITY | Tarantino film about the Queen, which is genuine (9) |
| BENFRANKLIN | He's buried in Philadelphia |
