| CLEO | Fatally poisoned royal, for short |
| EMP | Japanese royal, for short |
| PENNY | Word linking with "bun" for a cep, "farthing" for and early type of bike or "royal" for a herb in the mint family (5) |
| ICING | Sugary mixture made from a powdered, flammable ingredient - royal for Christmas cakes, fondant for peppermint creams or glace for Christmas biscuits (5) |
| PLEASURESEEKING | Request right to visit royal for fun? |
| SOCIETIES | Humane and Royal, for two |
| DOLLAR | Toy found by a royal for 100 cents (6) |
| WINTER | I went off with royal for this season (6) |
| RYLE | Cambridge professor who served as Astronomer Royal for a decade (4) |
| UBERGEEK | Belgium Royal, for example, backing up Earl in neighbouring country - the one in the best anorak (4,4) |
| EARLIES | Part of corn is down for Jersey Royals, for instance (7) |
| LION | The mascot Sluggerrr of the Kansas City Royals, for one |
| NOOSE | One slips fatally on scaffold (5) |
| DROWN | Submerge (fatally?) (5) |
| DIE | It may be cast, fatally perhaps |
| GIVEUPTHEGHOST | Fatally lose patience when exorcising (4,2,3,5) |
| ICARUS | Youth winged fatally by one vehicle from America (6) |
| BEHEADED | Fatally cut Howard's End |
| SLAY | Fatally hit when express appears, crossing line |
| HOTWATER | Trouble in which Marat fatally found himself |
