| WOLSEY | Orchestrator of the Field of the Cloth of Gold and inventor of the combination of strawberries and cream who was Henry VIII's chief adviser, often called "alter rex" (6) |
| MARQUEE | A large or sumptuous tent, such as any one of those pitched at the Tudor festival and "glamping" event known as the Field of the Cloth of Gold (7) |
| HENRYTHEEIGHTH | English monarch who met Francis I of France at the Field of the Cloth of Gold in 1520 |
| RINGLEADER | Orchestrator of operas recited songs (10) |
| CHEERLEADER | Orchestrator of applause |
| NAPALM | The name of what weapon of war is derived from the combination of the words napthenic and palmitic? (6) |
| GEODESY | Branch of science concerned with the precise measurement of the shape, orientation in space and gravitational field of the Earth (7) |
| WEDGWOOD | Potter, abolitionist and inventor of the jasperware with which he replicated the Portland Vase whose son John was a founder of the Royal Horticultural Society (8) |
| FRANCIS | French king who made an alliance with Henry VIII at the Field of Cloth of Gold (7) |
| BOOLE | George ___, 19th-century Lincoln-born mathematician regarded as one of the founders of the field of |
| SMOG | Covering London during the Victorian era, what is the combination of smoke and fog? (4) |
| BALSAM | Cream covers tops of strawberries and something that's naturally fragrant and soothing (6) |
| INTOTOUCH | Where the ball's been kicked, in Rugby, if it's gone out of the field of play (4,5) |
| REG | Short word for the combination of letters and digits shown on a motor vehicle's number plate (3) |
| LEANT | Had a penchant for the field of the theatre? (5) |
| CRONE | Witch, and the combination of letters added to this puzzle's theme answers |
| CHIVALRY | The combination of qualities expected of a medieval knight (8) |
| YARROW | Cloth of Gold, Marmalade, Strawberry Seduction, Paprika, Summerwine ... a common name for the flowering perennial Achillea (6) |
| DIPHTHONG | A sound formed by the combination of two vowels in a single syllable (9) |
| RED | Color of strawberries and fire trucks |
