| ADORATION | Praise a king for new grant (9) |
| CHARLATAN | Fake a shade below a king, for the most part (9) |
| ADULATION | Praise a fellow for keeping dead language almost entirely at university (9) |
| LAUDATORY | Expressing commendation to praise a politician (9) |
| ONORABOUT | Praise a fight that's reportedly close enough (2,2,5) |
| NIKILAUDA | Hear Minaj praise a former racer (4,5) |
| ARTHUR | Monarch - a king for a day (6) |
| COBRA | Firm support for a king, for example |
| YEARS | Vote in favour of holding a king for a long time (5) |
| YEAR | Truly a king for only twelve months |
| REGALLY | Like a king for example in mass meeting (7) |
| HONOUR | Esteem a king, for example (6) |
| LEND | Given guidance about new grant |
| AGREE | An ecologist denied new grant |
| RAVE | From "show signs of madness", a word for wildly enthusiastic praise; a fad, fashion or passionate infatuation; a lively dance party in a field or warehouse; or, the techno, trance or other electronic |
| LAUD | Praise a chap for getting out of uniform (4) |
| LAUDANUM | Praise a new universal mass drug |
| ACCLAIM | Praise a double century, first for Moeen Ali possibly |
| APPLAUD | Praise a very softly spoken liberal, a guide at intervals (7) |
| BLESS | Praise a blockhead to a smaller degree (5) |
