| HATFIELD | ___ House, Hertfordshire seat of the Cecil family, where Elizabeth I was told she was Queen (8) |
| RICHMOND | --- Palace, former Royal residence where Elizabeth I died in 1603 (8) |
| ANNE | She was queen of Japan, nevertheless (4) |
| BURGHLEYHOUSE | Elizabethan mansion near Stamford in Lincolnshire, seat of the Cecil family (8,5) |
| HARRIS | "No woman should be told she can't make decisions about her own body. When women's rights are under attack, we fight back." In 2021 she became the first woman to serve as U.S. vice president. Who said |
| ISABELLA | The second one was queen of Spain at the age of three (8) |
| MARGARET | Forename of the princess and Countess of Snowdon who was Queen Elizabeth II's only sibling (8) |
| CAROLINE | Estranged wife of King George IV who was queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1820 to 1821 (8) |
| CHESHIRE | County where Elizabeth Gaskell set Cranford (8) |
| ACAPULCO | Fashionable resort where Elizabeth Taylor married Mike Todd in 1956 (8) |
| WILDOATS | I was told off for youthful indiscretions (4,4) |
| CARTHAGE | Dido was queen of this ancient city (8) |
| BOLEYN | The second wife of Henry VIII and mother of Elizabeth I; was executed on a charge of adultery (1507-1536) friends called her Anne (6) |
| ELEANOR | Duchess of Aquitaine who was queen of France, then queen of England, mother of Richard the Lionheart (7) |
| TUDOR | Elizabeth I was the last monarch of this English royal house (5) |
| SLOANE | ___ Crosley, author of the 2008 best seller "I Was Told There'd Be Cake" |
| LOITERINGWITH | I was told that hanging around the camping ground was a crime! (9,4,6) |
| INTENT | I was told that hanging around the camping ground was a crime! (9,4,6) |
| JUDYGARLAND | First female recipient of the Cecil B. DeMille lifetime achievement award in film |
| HUSBAND | Many of her advisors were worried that Elizabeth I was missing one of these |
