| CASANOVA | Which Italian adventurer was a favourite in the court of France's Louis XV? (8) |
| SUNKING | Epithet of France's Louis XIV, the longestreigning monarch in European history (1643-1715) (3,4) |
| CONQUISTADOR | This old Spanish adventurer was an icon -- he's buried in Stroud, next to a queen, which is very unconventional (12) |
| PAELLA | Turns up a long spring is a favourite in the Spanish restaurant business (6) |
| ALMONDS | Edible oval nuts, a favourite in the Christmas nut bowl (7) |
| WOLFHALL | Historical drama series about the rise to power of Thomas Cromwell in the court of Henry VIII: 2 wds. |
| RASPUTIN | Siberian peasant monk who was religious advisor in the court of Nicholas II (8) |
| DUBONNET | Aperitif that was a favourite drink of Queen Elizabeth II (8) |
| ACROSTIC | Word game that was a favourite of Queen Victoria (8) |
| DARKLING | King embraced by favourite in the night |
| IRANIANS | One royal wife with a new son are they from 15? (8) |
| IKAT | Derived from a Malay word meaning to tie/bind, a traditional method of warp dyeing/weaving in Central Asia that was a favourite of the late Oscar de la Renta (4) |
| SPANIEL | Dog which was a royal favourite in the 17th Century and appears in many paintings (7) |
| EXACTING | Very difficult, no longer foremost in 15? (8) |
| DOGBERRY | Might he be 7 5 or 16 22 with 15? (8) |
| FANCY | Imagination; a little fondant cake; style of painting developed by Philip Mercier; or, a favourite in a race (5) |
| TRUTHFUL | Trinidad's first 15? Wrong! Right! (8) |
| INTERNET | Search this to find sci-fi film after 15? (8) |
| MANILLA | Which New South Wales town on the Fossickers Way and at the junction of two rivers was a favourite o |
| SUGAR | Derived from a species of grass and once traded by Henry Tate, an ingredient used in preserving, icing, crystallising and caramelising that was a favourite of Elizabeth I (5) |
