| WINDSORKNOT | This way of securing a necktie is named not for the abdicating Duke but for his grandfather, Edward |
| REEFKNOT | Way of securing a rope |
| TELUGU | Language of the abdicating king upsets the guru allowed to return at first (6) |
| KIPPER | A male salmon during the spawning season; or, a copper-coloured cured herring to whose butterflied shape a wide necktie is likened (6) |
| SCH | Duke, but not duchess: Abbr. |
| EXTRACTED | Bit player named, not one pulled (9) |
| TWISTS | A pair of dukes but not of perverts |
| RSC | Sir Peter Hall founded the his grandfather was a rat catcher on the Sandringham estate (1,1,1,) |
| FATOFTHELAND | Suppliers of slimming products are often accused of this way of luxury "Livin off the ___ ___ ___ ___(3-2-3-4) |
| GAIT | This way of walking sounds like it should be at the end of the garden path! (4) |
| NAILGUN | A forceful way of securing deal? (4,3) |
| TENTROPE | A means of securing a portable canvas shelter (4,4) |
| CHRISTINA | Swedish queen known as 'Minerva of the North', who caused a shockwave by abdicating for personal reasons (9) |
| DROWNING | A doctor is possessive when it concerns this way of ending a life |
| LIEN | Way of securing payment |
| PADDOCK | Means of securing a door or lid, eg Small field (7) |
| DRAGNET | Granted, it could be one means of securing a catch (7) |
| EPHRAIM | Joseph's younger son who received the principal blessing of his grandfather Jacob |
| RGIII | 2012 NFL draft pick with the same name as his grandfather, for short |
| TEXAN | But for his sad heart, he would get ten out of ten! (5) |
