| ETHELRED | Successor to Edward the Martyr (8) |
| MARY | Successor to Edward VI |
| PERMITTED | Authorised instruction to Edward, the hairdresser? (9) |
| OBESE | Very heavy awards given to Edward the First (5) |
| ELGAR | Drag Les endlessly back to Edward, the Pomp composer (5) |
| RICAURTE | Antonio ___, patriot remembered as the martyr of the Battle of San Mateo, mentioned in the last vers |
| POITIERS | The site of a battle in 1356 in which Edward, the Black Prince, defeated the French (8) |
| DICTATOR | By the sound of it Richard has overcome King Edward the Tyrant (8) |
| CONQUEST | Major turning point in English history, stemming from events that unfolded a decade earlier during the reign of Edward the Confessor (6,8) |
| SERVITOR | Historic attendant, sort busy around Edward the Sixth? (8) |
| APPEALED | Begged father to return ring to Edward (8) |
| SECONDER | One formally supporting Edward the Second |
| AGITATED | Finding it hard to settle with a soldier thanks to Edward (8) |
| UNOPENED | You say no locally to Edward as package arrives (8) |
| INFECTED | Passed on disease in returning chef with no height to Edward (8) |
| CLOSETED | Shut up! It's a stone's throw to Edward (8) |
| RAINIEST | Like Forks, Washington, compared to every other US city, according to Edward Cullen in Twilight |
| WORKEDUP | Gave support to Edward, standby outside (6,2) |
| ANON | Unknowable author who mused, "The ink of the scholar is more holy than the blood of the martyr" (abbr.) |
| RULE | "The tyrant dies and his ___ is over; the martyr dies and his ___ begins": Soren Kierkegaard (4) |
