| IXION | King of the Lapiths in Greek mythology |
| ZEUS | In the mythology of ancient Greece, he was the king of the Olympian gods |
| MATTERHORN | King of the Swiss mountains overlooking Zermatt; an emblem for Alpinists which is one of the highest summits in the Alps (10) |
| JUPITER | In Roman mythology, king of the gods, analogous to the Greek god Zeus (7) |
| HILL | Susan -; author of novels including The Woman in Black and I'm the King of the Castle (4) |
| OBERON | Discovered by William Herschel in 1787, moon of Uranus named after the king of the fairies in A Midsummer Night's Dream (6) |
| KRONOS | King of the Titans in Greek mythology (6) |
| SAUL | According to the Bible, who was the first king of the united kingdom of Israel? (4) |
| PUMPKIN | Fruit known as the king of the vegetable patch, related to squashes, cucumbers, watermelons and courgettes, versatile in cookery as it can be served in sweet, savoury or spicy dishes (7) |
| ENGLISHOAK | Tree species native to Britain known as the king of the forest, in which Charles II hid from the Roundheads (7,3) |
| SOISSONS | Town in Picardy, captured by the king of the Franks, Clovis I, in 486 (8) |
| OTTOI | King of the Germans 936-73, a son of Henry the Fowler and Matilda of Ringelheim (4,1) |
| MILLAR | David ......, Scottish cyclist who won the 'King of the Mountains' competition in the 1984 Tour de France (6) |
| CROCKETT | Davy ___, "King of the Wild Frontier" who died at the Battle of the Alamo |
| LEONINE | Of the king of the beasts (7) |
| FLICK | Picture of the king of the fuzz? (5) |
| LIONESS | Female of the king of the jungle (7) |
| LEOPOLD | Name of the first king of the Belgians (7) |
| ODIN | King of the gods in Norse mythology |
| BABAR | King of the elephants in a series of children's books |
