| INIGOJONES | Palace of Whitehall architect |
| INIGO | London-born architect who designed the Banqueting House in the Palace of Whitehall (5,5) |
| HETUP | Cross found in middle of Whitehall? (3,2) |
| OPS | Cuts, no end of Whitehall procedures |
| SCREAM | Get lost around heart of Whitehall? What a laugh (6) |
| TREMENDOUS | Huge demo turns nasty around the middle of Whitehall |
| NIGHTOWL | Later, he's active close to outskirts of Whitehall (5,3) |
| LEBRUN | A founding member of the Royal Academy of Painting and Sculpture noted for his paintings on the ceiling of the Hall of Mirrors in the Palace of Versailles (2,4) |
| PUGIN | Augustus _, 19th-century architect; designer of much of the interior of the Palace of Westminster (5) |
| CENOTAPH | Feature of Whitehall not cheap to wander around |
| RODRIGO | Blind from the age of three, a Spanish composer whose guitar concerto Concierto de Aranjuez was inspired by the scent of the magnolias in the gardens of the Royal Palace of Aranjuez (7) |
| EDINBURGH | The capital of Scotland, site of the Palace of Holyroodhouse at the end of the Royal Mile (9) |
| UNSET | Do absorbing new series on heart of Whitehall? Not yet firm |
| LENOTRE | Landscape architect who designed the parkland of the Palace of Versailles (2,5) |
| STEED | Part of the Palace of Westminster's statue of Richard the Lionheart |
| ASTANA | Capital of Kazakhstan, site of the Palace of Peace and Reconciliation (6) |
| BIGBEN | Nickname of the Great Bell of the Palace of Westminster (3,3) |
| TRIANON | Word linking with "Petit" or "Grand" for either of two chateaus in the grounds of the Palace of Versailles (7) |
| NOTRE | Le -; landscape architect who designed the gardens of the Palace of Versailles for Louis XIV (5) |
| BEN | London's pride: Big ___ is the nickname of the Great Bell on the north clock of the Palace of Westminster %ULQJ WKH %HOOV |
