| REGIS | Word appended to the name of a town to indicate a royal association |
| MAJOR | Word appended to the surname of the senior of two brothers at the same school for boys; or, a rank above captain (5) |
| DEVI | Indian title appended to the name of a married woman |
| MULBERRY | With royal associations dating back to Tudor times and featuring in the myth of Pyramus and Thisbe, a tree in the genus Morus with fruits ripe when they fall to the ground (8) |
| MAYFLOWER | Pioneers of Massachusetts, originally with few royal associations (9) |
| CLAMP | Word related to the name of a mollusc for a mechanical vice that also means a heap of root vegetables; a stack of bricks; or, a car immobiliser (5) |
| ACRE | From the Old English meaning "open field", a word for a unit of land area that is etymologically related to the name of the fruit of the oak (4) |
| ACORN | Word, related to the name of a cereal crop and of a unit of land, for any wild fruit or nut originally, later a specific cupule-borne forest fruit, squirrel snack and chief form of pig mast from which |
| BEAT | Related to the name of a heavy mallet for striking blows, a word meaning to flog, hammer or thwack repeatedly; conquer or trounce; rhythmically drum; mark time with a baton; or, pulsate, as in the hea |
| DOG | The picture of a dalmatian on a sign outside this popular pub is your clue to the name of The ___ at Over Peover, near Knutsford (3) |
| AUGUR | Word, similar to the name of a carpenter's boring tool, for a Roman religious official who interpreted omens from the behaviour of birds; or, any diviner, prophet or soothsayer (5) |
| SALT | Word, related to the name of a highly seasoned Italian sausage and a cold dish of vegetables, for sodium chloride, prepared as a condiment (4) |
| OKE | Word, similar to the name of the acorn tree, for a South African man; or, a Turkish unit of weight (3) |
| STTROPEZ | Abbreviated name of a town on the French Riviera south-west of Nice and Cannes, site of the old fishing district La Ponche (2-6) |
| CALICO | The name of what unbleached cotton fabric is based on the name of a town in India? (6) |
| BROOM | Plant with vanilla-scented golden flowers whose Latin name planta genista is said to have given rise to the name of the Plantagenet dynasty, according to tradition (5) |
| SENORA | A title of respect prefixed to the name of a Spanish lady (6) |
| FOURLETTER | Adjective for many a cussword; also applies to the name of each of the circled states |
| DAVINCI | This answer means "from Vinci" in Italian. It is attached to the name of a certain Italian painter, sculptor, architect, and engineer to whom the painting Salvator Mundi has been attributed. That pain |
| BUMBLEDOM | Alluding to the name of the beadle in Dickens' Oliver Twist, a word for fussy, meddlesome or pompous behaviour by minor officials (9) |
