| PLEASUREDOME | Palace in the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem Kubla Khan (8,4) |
| ALPH | Sacred river in the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem Kubla Khan (4) |
| XANADU | Residence of the title character in the 1816 Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem Kubla Khan (6) |
| HAMPTONCOURT | Palace in the borough of Richmond-upon-Thames (7,5) |
| MARINER | The Rime of the Ancient -; Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem (7) |
| RIME | "The ___ of the Ancient Mariner" (Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem) |
| KUBLAKHAN | Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem subtitled A Vision in a Dream (5,4) |
| KHAN | "Kubla ___" (Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem) |
| SAMUELTAYLORCOLERIDGE | Along with Wordsworth, the founder of the Romantic Movement in England, who wrote the poem Kubla Khan (6,6,9) |
| COLERIDGE | Samuel Taylor, author of the poem Kubla Khan (9) |
| LANCASTERHOUSE | Stand-in for Buckingham Palace in the film The King's Speech |
| HONOLULU | Capital that's the site of the only royal palace in the United States ("Star Wars") |
| IOLANI | The only royal palace in the U.S. |
| OAHU | Island home to the only royal palace in the U. S. |
| ABRIDGED | To have put it in a nutshell - Bill covered the Samuel Beckett connection (8) |
| PALATINATE | Officer of a palace in the Roman Empire (10) |
| TENTH | Final position occupied by Crystal Palace in the 2014/15 Premier League (5) |
| SHAMELA | "An apology for the life of Mrs ___", Henry Fielding novel parodying the Samuel Richardson work Pamela (7,7) |
| ANDREWS | "An apology for the life of Mrs ... ...", Henry Fielding novel parodying the Samuel Richardson work Pamela (7,7) |
| LOICREMY | French international striker who played for Queens Park Rangers, Newcastle United, Chelsea and Crystal Palace in the Premier League |
