| FRIENDLY | User ........, winner of two English Classics in 1992 (8) |
| USER | Friendly, winner of two English Classics in 1992 (4) |
| SUN | .. Princess, winner of two English Classics in 1983(3) |
| LADY | Winner of two English Classics in 1986 (6,4) |
| MIDWAY | Winner of two English Classics in 1986 (6,4) |
| SHARP | Oh So ....., winner of three English Classics in 1985 (5) |
| NORMANDY | Two English men in a French province (8) |
| HYMENEAL | Two English entries in songbook celebrating marriage |
| OXBRIDGE | Two English universities considered as ancient and prestigious academic institutions (8) |
| THEDERBY | English classic horse race (3,5) |
| EARACHES | English classic spinner unnamed by Stokes, causing complaints |
| RAGTRADE | Selling of clothes, classic in fashion (3,5) |
| WELLREAD | Two English authors, both mostly very literate |
| KNEEHIGH | King with two English horses badly needs such boots? (4-4) |
| JANEEYRE | English classic novel |
| JANKOVIC | Jelena, women's singles tennis player who won the Auckland Classic in 2007 (8) |
| MNEMONIC | Memory aid is classic in omen myths showing only partial recall? |
| IRONSIDE | Nickname of Edmund II, English king who resisted the Danish invasion led by Cnut |
| ESK | Name of two English and two Scottish rivers (3) |
| ELEANOR | ____ of Aquitaine, mother of two English kings, Richard I and John (7) |
