| ELECTOR | German prince entitled to be involved in choosing the Holy Roman Emperor |
| ELECTORS | German princes entitled to be involved in choosing the Holy Roman Emperor |
| ELECTROCUTION | Court involved in choosing a shocking decision?(13) |
| SKINTONE | Important factor in choosing the right shade of makeup: 2 wds. |
| MALTA | In 1530, an island received by the Knights Hospitaller in a perpetual lease from the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in exchange for an annual fee of a falcon (5) |
| GUELPH | Member of a political faction in medieval Italy that supported the Papacy and opposed the Holy Roman emperor and the Ghibellines (6) |
| WORMS | City of SW Germany in which Martin Luther defended his doctrines to the Holy Roman emperor Charles V in 1521 (5) |
| GREGORYV | First German pope - his cousin Otto was the Holy Roman Emperor at the time (7,1) |
| LOUISIV | Given here with his ordinal, who was known as "the Bavarian" and became the Holy Roman Emperor in 13 |
| DURER | Foremost German painter and engraver of the Renaissance, patronised by the Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I (8,5) |
| OTTO | The Holy Roman Emperor went backwards and forwards within the grottoes (4) |
| RIGATTI | Giovanni Antonio -, 17th-century Italian composer whose works include a mass dedicated to the Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand III (7) |
| BARBAROSSA | Epithet of the Holy Roman emperor Frederick I |
| AGITATOR | In the title to Daryl Dellora's 1991 documentary about Lionel Murphy, what is Mr Neal entitled to be? (8) |
| KINGMAKER | Family legend with the man upstairs has a say in choosing who to follow next (9) |
| OPERATING | Age revealed in choosing to be working (9) |
| DRIVINGRANGE | Choosing the wood perhaps on the mountains popular with the swingers (7,5) |
| ECLECTIC | Choosing the best Celtic comic in the City (8) |
| PINERO | Author of "The Holy Roman Emperor" |
| HAPSBURG | Family name of the Holy Roman Emperors (8) |
