| GREYCUP | Trophy commissioned by an earl |
| LATTE | Drink borne by an earl at ten |
| EARLDOM | The area controlled by an earl, count or countess (7) |
| ADMIRALTYARCH | London landmark commissioned by Edward VII in 1910 in memory of his mother Queen Victoria and designed by Aston Webb (9,4) |
| REITHLECTURE | One of a series of annual radio presentations given by leading figures of the day, commissioned by the BBC (5,7) |
| TUILERIES | Jardin des -; depicted in paintings by Manet and Pissarro, formal gardens next to the Louvre, originally commissioned by Catherine de Medici (9) |
| CONTRASTS | 1938 composition for clarinet-violin-piano trio by Bela Bartok officially commissioned by clarinettist Benny Goodman |
| THREEGRACES | The -, sculpture by Antonio Canova commissioned by the 6th Duke of Bedford for Woburn Abbey (5,6) |
| AIDA | Four-act opera by Giuseppe Verdi commissioned by the khedive of Egypt and premiered in the Cairo Opera House in 1871 (4) |
| UNDERMILKWOOD | Play by Welsh poet Dylan Thomas, commissioned by the BBC as a radio drama (5,4,4) |
| ELGAR | Forming the basis of a long friendship, who was helped with technical details by the conductor W.H. Reed when he was commissioned by the violinist Fritz Kreisler to write Violin Concerto (1910)? (5) |
| COURIER | Typeface commissioned by IBM in the mid-1950s |
| PRIVATEER | Discreet monarch's vessel commissioned by government (9) |
| NBA | *Commissioned by Adam Silver |
| LIPPI | Italian artist who was commissioned by the Medici family to create the panel paintings The Annunciat |
| ELGRECO | Nickname of the artist commissioned by Philip II of Spain to paint the altarpiece The Martyrdom of St Maurice, who was sacked shortly after its completion (2,5) |
| TAJMAHAL | A white marble mausoleum in Agra, central India, commissioned by emperor Shah Jahan (3,5) |
| YUILERIES | Jardin des -; gardens originally commissioned by Catherine de Medici (9) |
| BRONOWSKI | Presenter of The Ascent of Man, a BBC documentary series commissioned by David Attenborough (9) |
| EASTEREGG | The House of Faberge was commissioned by Tsar Alexander III to create a special version of this Paschal gift (6,3) |
