| MIRREN | Helen, actress who starred in The Queen (6) |
| ANYA | - Taylor-Joy, actress who starred in The Queen's Gambit (4) |
| THRONE | Name of the man in The Queen rests on this (6) |
| MCCRORY | Helen - actress who portrayed Cherie Blaii in 2006 biopic The Queen (7) |
| PERSON | Being quiet, boy takes in the queen (6) |
| WITHER | Decline in the queen's company? (6) |
| ARDOUR | Passion more difficult to speak of in the Queen Vic? |
| DARWIN | Sound in the Queen Charlotte Islands of British Columbia |
| PHLEGM | Quiet support found in the Queen's composure |
| WORTH | Helen -, actress who plays Gail Rodwell in ITV soap Coronation Street (5) |
| BAXENDALE | Helen -, actress who played Rachel Bradley in ITV series Cold Feet (9) |
| BEER | What they serve in pints in the Queen Vic in Walford and the Woolpack in the Dales (4) |
| HELENMIRREN | Actress who won a Best Actress Oscar as Queen Elizabeth II in "The Queen": 2 wds. |
| DEMINAUR | Alex, Australian tennis player born in 1999 who was runner-up in the Queen's final in 2023 (2,6) |
| SYMS | Sylvia who played the Queen Mother in The Queen |
| NUNC | Dame Helen ___, actor who played 13 in The Queen (6) |
| EQUAL | The specially-brewed ale in The Queen's Head in the centre of Truro is actually no better or worse than anywhere else (5) |
| CHESSMAN | A pawn in the mating game in The Queen, for instance (8) |
| KAT | __ Moon, estranged wife of Alfie who foils a robbery in the Queen Vic and then rescues Roxy Mitchell in EastEnders (3) |
| MAUREENLIPMAN | Comic actress who became a dame in the Queen's birthday honours this year |
