| DRURYLANE | Common name of the Theatre Royal on Catherine Street, London, associated with Nell Gwyn |
| DRURY | Common name of the Theatre Royal on Catherine Street, London, associated with Nell Gwyn |
| LANE | Common name of the Theatre Royal on Catherine Street, London, associated with Nell Gwyn (5,4) |
| GWYN | One of the spellings of the surname of an orange-seller who became a leading actress at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and a mistress of Charles II (4) |
| BLOOMSBURY | District of London associated with a coterie of creatives whose artistic and literary output includes A Room of One's Own, Eminent Victorians, Howards End and The Kitchen at Charleston (10) |
| EASTEND | Part of London associated with Jack the Ripper and the Kray twins (4,3) |
| SAVILE | ____ Row, street in Mayfair in central London associated with bespoke men's tailoring (6) |
| HAYMARKET | West End street extending from Piccadilly Circus to Pall Mall, where the Theatre Royal is situated (9) |
| REPERTORY | What's the name of the theatre in Ridgway St? |
| BARNES | Part of London associated with Wallis? |
| SOHO | Part of London associated with Keith Waterhouse (4) |
| SAVILEROW | Street in Mayfair, London, associated with tailoring |
| PLAYGOER | One enjoys the Theatre Royal eg, working under pressure (8) |
| ORANGES | Fruit sold by Nell Gwyn to audiences at the Drury Lane Theatre in 1664 (7) |
| SKYSAIL | The sail above the royal on a square-rigger (7) |
| IVAR | Lord ___ Mountbatten (openly gay British royal on season 3 of "The Traitors") |
| EMPRESSES | The author, reflecting, urges on Catherine and Victoria for example |
| CAROLINE | Girl in the era of Nell Gwyn? |
| TSARITSA | Foreign royal on the move since time's up (8) |
| RELENTLESSNESS | Persistence of stress seen with Nell is terrible (14) |
