| CLOSETS | Word originally for a king or queen's secret or private chambers within a palace, now used to mean cupboards or wardrobes (7) |
| ICECAVE | Chamber within a glacier |
| ICECAVES | Hollow chambers within glaciers |
| AMOUR | Mail ignoring Queen's secret affair |
| CACHET | Originally a seal for documents, now used to mean a feature or quality conferring prestige or distinction (6) |
| PARIAH | Historically, a member of a low caste Hindu people, now used to mean a social outcast (6) |
| NABOB | A governor in India during the Mogul empire, now used to mean a wealthy or influential person (5) |
| BARGELLO | Named after a former Florentine palace now a museum, needlepoint that produces zigzag/flame stitch patterns (8) |
| ROYALYACHT | Britannia, Queen Elizabeth II's former floating palace, now a visitor attraction in Leith |
| MADRID | In this Spanish city the Royal Palace now stands on the site of the Alcazar that was destroyed by fi |
| 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) |
| PENTHOUSE | Historically, a lean-to or shed attached to a building, now used to describe a top-floor luxury apartment; or, any one of the sloping roofs of a real tennis court (9) |
| CROWN | A king or queen's coronal lid or jewelled roof; or, the top of a tooth (5) |
| SIRE | An ancestor; a lord or master; a historical term of address for a king; or, a bull, dog, stallion or other male animal when kept for breeding (4) |
| PALACE | From the Latin word for a Roman emperor's residence, a bishop, king or queen's house; or, any large, splendid or stately abode (6) |
| REI | Portuguese word for a king or one of its "royal" coins; or, Japanese for a bow of respect in martial arts (3) |
| SILK | Take ____, to become a King's or Queen's Counsel in law (4) |
| BROWN | Word, simply meaning "dark" originally, now used to describe a woody colour such as "chestnut" bay, "faded/dead leaf" filemot, "mole" taupe, "offspring" fawn, "shadow" umber or "tanbark" tawny (5) |
| URBIETORBI | Standard opening of Roman proclamations now used to denote a papal address 'to the City and to the World' |
| BOUNTY | King or queen's donation formerly given to mothers who gave birth to three or more babies at one time (6) |
