| ESTHER | Beautiful Old Testament Jewish woman who was queen of Persia (6) |
| MARYMAGDALENE | Jewish woman who witnessed the crucifixion of Jesus |
| ELEANOR | Duchess of Aquitaine who was queen of France, then queen of England, mother of Richard the Lionheart (7) |
| VASHTI | Queen of Persia, first wife of Ahasuerus, in the Book of Esther, part of the Hebrew bible (6) |
| MARYTUDOR | Daughter of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon who was Queen of England from 1553 to 1558 (4,5) |
| DINAH | Washington who was "Queen of the Blues" |
| SHIKSA | Non-Jewish woman (Yiddish - pejorative) (6) |
| LOVELY | Beautiful old vase originally captured by Baroque painter |
| JANINE | __ Butcher, woman who was questioned about the death of Michael Moon in EastEnders (6) |
| LEANNE | __ Holiday, Hollyoaks woman who was accused of killing Texas Longford (6) |
| HELENA | Woman who was beautiful, ace, capital! (6) |
| TAYLOR | EastEnders woman who was a surrogate for Rainie and Stuart Highway (6,6) |
| BERNIE | EastEnders woman who was a surrogate for Rainie and Stuart Highway (6,6) |
| MARGARET | Saint who was queen of Scotland |
| ELLA | Fitzgerald who was "Queen of Jazz" |
| SHARON | Walford woman who was viciously attacked in The Albert recently (6,7) |
| TAMARA | Woman who was kidnapped by Adam Sharpe in Home and Away (6,8) |
| SOPHIE | Weatherfield woman who was sleeping rough on the streets with (6,7) |
| MASOOD | Shabnam __, Walford woman who was living in Pakistan until recently (6) |
| GRIEVE | Mourn woman who was first on Greek island (6) |
