| ESSEX | Earl of ___, title of Robert Devereux, English soldier and favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England |
| WARWICK | 16th Earl of -; title of Richard Neville the "Kingmaker", a Yorkist turned Lancastrian during the Wars of the Roses who was killed at the Battle of Barnet (7) |
| CLARENDON | 1st Earl of -; title of Edward Hyde, Lord Chancellor to Charles II, author of The History of the Rebellion (9) |
| LEICESTER | Earl of ___, a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I of England who features in Walter Scott's novel Kenilw |
| BOTHWELL | Earl of ___, third husband of Mary Queen of Scots (8) |
| GODWIN | Earl of Wessex who was the father of Harold II of England (6) |
| ORRERY | 4th Earl of -; title of Charles Boyle, after whom a clockwork model of the solar system was named (6 |
| GODIVA | Lady ___ was the wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia who according to legend rode naked through the streets of Coventry (6) |
| LADY | Wife of Leofric, Earl of Mercia who according to legend rode naked through the streets of Coventry (4,6) |
| LOWTHER | ? Castle, former family seat of the Earl of Londsdale south of Penrith, Cumbria (7) |
| SNOWDON | Earl of -; title of Antony ArmstrongJones, photographer and late former husband of Princess Margaret (7) |
| ROBERT | Secretary of State of England, 1596-1612, who became the first Earl of Salisbury (6) |
| CECIL | Secretary of State of England, 1596-1612, who became the first Earl of Salisbury (5) |
| LOUISE | First name of the eldest child of Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex (6) |
| PROTHALAMION | Spousal verse by Edmund Spenser, in honour of two daughters of the Earl of Worcester |
| ROCHESTER | 2nd Earl of -; title of John Wilmot, poet at the court of Charles II (9) |
| HOTSPUR | Harry ?, nickname of Sir Henry Percy, son of the 1st Earl of Northumberland |
| ELGIN | 7th Earl of -; title of Thomas Bruce who removed a series of marble artefacts from the Parthenon (5) |
| EDWARDDEVERE | *The 17th Earl of Oxford and a prolific patron of the arts |
| ORDEALBYFIRE | Mad Earl of Derby inspired one early test of guilt (6,2,4) |
