| LEARESTATE | What Regan and Goneril would say anything to inherit? |
| ONAGER | Regan and Goneril - the second playing up with Medieval catapult (6) |
| LEAR | Father of Regan and Goneril |
| COMEINTO | Get or inherit ? (4,4) |
| KEEPMUM | Don't say anything to delay old lady (4,3) |
| YOURESOGORGEOUS | Taylor Swift lyric before 'I can't say anything to your face, 'cause look at your face' |
| KINGLEAR | Shakespearean character whose daughters are Goneril, Regan and Cordelia (4,4) |
| KING | Shakespeare play featuring the characters Goneril, Regan and Cordelia (4) |
| THOMPSON | Former Cambridge Footlights member whose roles have included Catherine of Valois, Dora Carrington, Elinor Dashwood, the Queen and Goneril (8) |
| REGAN | Sister of Cordelia and Goneril |
| GONERIL | Sister of Regan and Cordelia in King Lear |
| REGALIA | Royal property unequally divided between Regan and Cordelia |
| FORGIVENESS | When Lear tells Regan that Goneril has wronged him, what does Regan advise him to ask for? |
| MEEK | Heirs apparent: You might want to be kind to them -they're slated to inherit the earth* |
| MEEKEST | Gather to welcome oddly keen son most likely to inherit everything (7) |
| DOWER | What a widow stands to inherit |
| EFFECT | Begin to apply to inherit end result (4,4,6) |
| ELDEST | In position to inherit the throne, say |
| CORDELIA | Lear's daughter, the sister of Goneril and Regan (8) |
| MEEKER | More apt to inherit the Earth |
