| NOYON | Town in Oise, France; scene of the coronation of Charlemagne (5) |
| CHANTILLY | Town in Oise, France, famous for lace, whipped cream and porcelain (9) |
| REIMS | City in northeast France; scene of the coronation of most French monarchs (5) |
| SCONE | The Stone of ---, block of sandstone used for centuries in the coronation of Scottish monarchs and latterly monarchs of the United Kingdom (5) |
| ZADOK | "... the Priest", one of four anthems composed by Handel for the coronation of George II (5) |
| CRECY | Village in France; scene of a 1346 victory by the English in the Hundred Years' War (5) |
| SOPRON | City in Hungary near the Austrian border that was the site of the coronation of King Ferdinand III (6) |
| SOMME | Department of France, scene of several battles in the First World War |
| AISNE | River in France, scene of a major Allied offensive in 1918 (5) |
| MARNE | River in NE France; scene of two unsuccessful German offensives in 1914 and 1918 (5) |
| CHATEAU | -- Thierry, town in central France, scene of the second battle of the Marne during World War I (7) |
| PENNYMORDAUNT | Former Conservative politician who carried the Sword of State at the coronation of Charles III and Camilla (5.8) |
| NERO | Role in the Monteverdi opera "The Coronation of Poppaea" |
| CROWNIMPERIAL | March by William Walton composed for the coronation of George VI in 1937 (5,8) |
| SPRY | Floral designer for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II who also co-invented coronation chicken and penned some 13 books including Come Into the Garden, Cook (4) |
| HANDEL | Who composed the anthem Zadok the Priest, performed at the coronation of King Charles III? (6) |
| TOPOLSKI | Polish-born artist who painted the mural The Coronation of Elizabeth II in Buckingham Palace (8) |
| MORDAUNT | Penny, politician who carried the ceremonial sword at the coronation of King Charles III (8) |
| BROADBEAN | Pulse used as an ingredient of the coronation quiche, signature dish of Charles III's 2023 coronation (5,4) |
| DLIX | 1,000 years before the coronation of Queen Elizabeth I |
