| CAPECANAVERAL | At top of crudely constructed palace, a raven launches from here (4,9) |
| HUTS | Shut out of crudely built houses |
| ABMS | Some launches from USN ships |
| HUMSTRUM | Dialect for a hurdy-gurdy; music poorly played; or, any out of tune or crudely constructed instrument (8) |
| SHACK | Crudely constructed cabin |
| SHANTY | Crudely constructed cabin |
| EDGARALLENPOE | Who wrote a poem in which a raven constantly cries "Nevermore"? (5,5,3) |
| MULBERRY | With a national collection of 34 named varieties held by the Queen in the gardens of Buckingham Palace, a tree in the genus Morus and its fruit (8) |
| BLENHEIM | Which Oxfordshire palace, a Unesco World Heritage Site, was the birthplace of Winston Churchill? (8) |
| FISHBOURNE | Village west of Chichester in West Sussex noted for its Roman Palace, a major archaeological site |
| LEICESTER | At Richmond Palace a favourite cheese |
| FAVOURITE | The -; set at Hatfield House and Hampton Court Palace, a 2018 film with Olivia Colman as Queen Anne (9) |
| ALCAZAR | ... palace - a large one owned by emperor (7) |
| COURTESY | Palace a pushover? Withdraw article to show respect |
| OAHU | 1 Iolani God hammer with Palace a |
| POE | Q: Why is a raven like a writing desk? A: Because ___ wrote on both |
| CAW | Call of a raven or a crow |
| MADHATTER | "Why is a raven like a writing-desk?" inquirer |
| MADHATER | "Why is a raven like a writing desk?" asker |
| POSER | "Why is a raven like a writing-desk?," e.g. |
