| BEEFEATERS | Guardians of the Tower of London |
| RAVEN | Known collectively as an unkindness, a buzzard-sized bird related to the crow,jackdaw, jay and rook; one of the avian guardians of the Tower Of London (5) |
| YEOMANWARDER | Guardian of the Tower of London (6,6) |
| BEEFEATER | Ceremonial guardian of the Tower of London |
| YEOMANWARDERS | With an insignia bearing a rose, thistle and shamrock, ceremonial guardians of the Tower of London, popularly (but incorrectly) titled a beefeater (6,7) |
| KENT | County whose ragstone was used to build the ancient walls of Londinium and parts of the Tower of London and Rochester Castle (4) |
| QUINCE | With four planted in the grounds of the Tower of London by Edward I, a heritage tree with fragrant fruits traditionally used to make marmalade and grown in kitchen gardens (6) |
| BLOODYTOWER | The _ _, former water-gate of the Tower of London (6,5) |
| YEOMAN | Guard of the Tower of London |
| YIO | Warder of the Tower of London in Eng. |
| YEO | Warder of the Tower of London in Eng. |
| UNTRUE | False description of the Tower of Pisa |
| DISK | Component of the Tower of Hanoi puzzle |
| MACAULAY | Dame Rose, author of The Towers of Trebizond (8) |
| UPKEEP | Cost of running to the top of the tower |
| CLOSET | A privy near the top of the tower (6) |
| MINARET | What is the name of the tower found adjacent to a mosque? (7) |
| HARDYBOYS | Bayport sleuths of 'The Tower Treasure' |
| CRAVEN | Fearful Catholic's first inhabitant of the Tower (6) |
| SKYLON | Name of the Tower lookout site in Niagara Falls |
