| MINNOW | Small fish - a thousand currently held (6) |
| KNOWLEDGE | Apprehension of a thousand currently on shelf (9) |
| OHM | Oh! I get a thousand, currently |
| COMBER | A long sea wave; a gaper fish; a wool-carder; or, a type of mudlark given to gathering beach jetsam (6) |
| SMOKED | Fish a monk's seldom cooked (6,6) |
| SALMON | Fish a monk's seldom cooked (6,6) |
| DORADO | Fish, a perch served up by cook (6) |
| CARPAL | In fish, a length of bone (6) |
| TURBOT | The fish, a trout, somehow swallowed the key (6) |
| SPEAKER | Presiding officer in the British House of Commons, a post currently held by Michael Martin, MP (7) |
| PRESIDENTFORNOW | Senate position currently held by Robert Byrd |
| MISSUSA | Title currently held by Shandi Finnessey |
| USA | Miss ___ (title currently held by Nia Sanchez) |
| BROWNOWL | Argument currently held in British Library ___ which bird? (5,3) |
| MAYOR | Title currently held by three 2020 Democratic presidential candidates |
| LORDMAYOR | Title currently held by Vincent Keaveny in London |
| HASTEN | From fish, a stench - move fast! |
| DUKEOFKENT | Title currently held by Prince Edward, first cousin of Elizabeth II (4,2,4) |
| DUCHESSOFKENT | Title currently held by Katharine, the oldest living member of the British Royal Family (7,2,4) |
| GAFF | A hook on a stick for landing a fish; a nautical spar; a spur of a gamecock; or, old slang for a flat or a house (4) |
