| LYTTON | Viceroy of India 1876-80; or, the first name of the Eminent Victorians author (6) |
| ARTURO | Forename of the eminent Italian conductor Toscanini |
| STRACHEY | Lytton -; Eminent Victorians author portrayed by Jonathan Pryce in the film Carrington (8) |
| PANTHEON | Page soon featuring the eminent group (8) |
| WELLKNOWN | Thoroughly committed to memory by the eminent (4-5) |
| PELHAM | Whig prime minister from 1743-54; a type of bit; or, the first name of the author of the Jeeves and Wooster stories (6) |
| PHOEBE | Small outer moon of Saturn; a Greek Titaness associated with the moon; or, the first name of the Friends character played by Lisa Kudrow (6) |
| VELVET | Soft plush-like textile; or, the first name of a character played by Elizabeth Taylor and later Nanette Newman (6) |
| LEADER | Orchestra's principal first violin; a dog or horse at the front of a team; the head of an expedition; or, the first climber on a rope (6) |
| WAVELL | Archibald, wartime military leader who served as a viceroy of India (6) |
| VIOLET | Shade of a colour associated with royalty; or, the first part of the name of Mr and Mrs Bott's daughter in Just William (6) |
| CURZON | Viceroy of India to incur zoning restrictions (6) |
| DAGAMA | He was named viceroy of Portuguese India in 1524 |
| SATRAP | Viceroy of ancient Persia |
| CRESSIDA | A character portrayed in one of Shakespeare's plays; or, the first name of the author of How to Train Your Dragon (8) |
| IRIS | Flower in a family that includes crocuses, freesias, gladioli; or, the first name of the author who wrote The Sea, The Sea (4) |
| NIGELLA | Genus of love-in-a-mist; or, the first name of the food writer whose father served as Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1983-89 (7) |
| LOURDES | Town at the foot of the Pyrenees; or, the first name of Madonna's eldest daughter (7) |
| ROSEMARY | Used to flavour sea-salted foccacia, hasselback potatoes or roast lamb, a woody herb which is a symbol of remembrance; or, the first name of the cookery teacher on Ladette to Lady (8) |
| DAVID | Sculpture by Michelangelo; or, the first name of the character played by Tim Bentinck in The Archers (5) |
