| FACECARDS | Kings, for example, confront jokers (4,5) |
| RULERS | They may help to draw straight lines for kings, for example (6) |
| LORD | Behold, the King's for example - was Haw-haw really one? (4) |
| HOLYROMAN | Empire made up of the varying complex of lands in western and central Europe that was ruled over first by Frankish and then by German kings for 10 centuries (800-1806). (4,5) |
| KRAKOWIAK | A work I fancy, one retained by kings, for a Polish folk dance (9) |
| POWDERKEG | Strength to protect Dutch king for example in a potentially explosive situation (6,3) |
| COBRA | Firm support for a king, for example |
| EPIC | "King of Kings," for one |
| RUBIK | Cubic character with kings for tips (5) |
| EDWARDLEAR | Two Kings for English humorist (6,4) |
| HENRYJAMES | Kings for author (5,5) |
| TAKINGS | Give short thanks to kings for profits (7) |
| WRITER | King, for example |
| ROYAL | Old Republican rejected song about king, for example |
| THRONEPOEM | Tennyson's Idylls of the King, for example? |
| KEG | King, for example, with small barrel (3) |
| EGBERT | Old English king, for example, right to interrupt little Elizabeth |
| CARD | Eccentric king, for example (4) |
| TENNISPLAYER | King for example earns plenty, I suspect (6,6) |
| REGAL | Majestic king, for example Albert (5) |
