| HANDLER | Worker taken on by king, not a good person for Rex? (7) |
| ADAMANT | Man, a hard worker, taken on by firm (7) |
| PANTOMIME | Show worker taken on by scandal-hit organisation suggestive gestures (9) |
| OLAF | St. ___ (Minnesota college named for a Norwegian king, not a snowman) |
| NOSPRINGCHICKEN | Wonky hip concerns King, not a young man any more (2,6,7) |
| JERK | Jack, Queen, King - not a regular progression (4) |
| ABBESS | A British Queen deemed good person for keeping order? |
| CHEAPEST | Revolutionary to copy good person for lowest price (8) |
| REMAINS | Doesn't go for "Rex" and the name is changed (7) |
| COMMEND | Pay tribute to master workers taken in by local joke (7) |
| ANCIENT | Very old worker's taken over new French company (7) |
| ANTHRAX | Nasty illness: worker taken to hospital, having mentioned pains |
| ANEMONE | Workers taken back into excellent plant (7) |
| JEALOUS | Nice writer met a French king, not one that's resentful (7) |
| KNOTTED | Initially King, not Ted, was all tangled up (7) |
| KEYNOTE | Central principle king's not kept in view (7) |
| RAILING | King not well, complaining bitterly (7) |
| TURKISH | Hirsute king, not English, cut Istanbul style? (7) |
| LOOKOUT | Guard toilet, king not there (7) |
| FABRICS | Wonderful old king - not hard to get small cloths |
