| CONSORT | Wife or husband of a king or queen; a small group of viol players; or, an accompanying ship (7) |
| SLEEPSIN | Relishes the queen a little longer? (6,2) |
| SUB | Short word for an advance or loan; a hoagie sandwich; a copy-editor; a metro or an underground; a reserve player; or, an "unterseeboot" (3) |
| RPM | Measurement for a record player or an engine (Abbr.) |
| CHEST | A set of viols made up of ribs? (5) |
| CHESTS | Sets of viols, tallboys and arks (6) |
| ALIMONY | Money made by a court to be paid to former wife or husband after separation or divorce |
| REMARRY | Take a new wife or husband (7) |
| MARRIED | Having a wife or husband (7) |
| EARLDOM | Rank of a hereditary peer, husband of a countess (7) |
| STEPSON | Boards with a member of the wife's or husband's family (7) |
| BEDSLAT | Supporter of a king or queen, perhaps |
| HOTTOGO | Chappell Roan hit with an accompanying dance in which the letters of the song's name are spelled out |
| THETIME | Song from a 1975 musical whose lyrics include instructions an accompanying dance (3,4,4) |
| EARLIER | Previously husband of a countess? That's right! (7) |
| CROWN | A simple garland or wreath as a headdress originally, later a more grandiose jewelled diadem of a king or queen; or, the top of an arch, cut gem, hat, head, pineapple or tree (5) |
| DESCANT | In music, an accompanying melody (7) |
| MORPETH | Mobilise temp or husband in Northumbrian town (7) |
| PRINCE | A son of a king or queen; the male monarch of a microstate such as Andorra or Monaco; or, a man considered pre-eminent (6) |
| EFFIGY | A simulacrum such as a doll, guy, Jack Straw, puppet, scarecrow or statue; or, an impression of a king or queen's head on a coin's obverse (6) |
