| SYMS | Sylvia who played the Queen Mother in The Queen |
| COLMAN | Olivia, actress who played the Queen in the third and fourth series of the TV drama The Crown (6) |
| MIRREN | Helen, actress who played The Queen in a 2006 film (6) |
| SYLVIASYMS | Actress who portrayed the Queen Mother in 2006 biopic The Queen (6,4) |
| GLAMISCASTLE | Childhood home of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, in Angus, Scotland (6,6) |
| GLAMIS | Small village in Angus, Scotland, the location of the castle in which Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother grew up (6) |
| KOHINOOR | Famous Indian diamond, the central stone in the Queen Mother's crown (3-1- 4) |
| CLAIRE | _ Foy, played the Queen in The Crown (6) |
| IMELDA | - Staunton, played the Queen in The Crown (2022) |
| EARLE | Oceanographer Sylvia who was profiled in the Netflix documentary "Mission Blue" |
| CASTLE | Childhood home of the late Queen Mother in Angus (6,6) |
| FRANCIS | Jockey to the Queen and the Queen Mother who went on to write 42 novels including Dead Cert and Whip Hand (7) |
| ANGELABASSETT | Actress who plays the queen mother of Wakanda in "Black Panther": 2 wds. |
| LEAH | She played the queen of Queens opposite Kevin |
| PLATH | Sylvia who wrote 'The Bell Jar' |
| BEER | What they serve in pints in the Queen Vic in Walford and the Woolpack in the Dales (4) |
| COUSINGERMAN | Relative exploiting Queen Mother in swindle |
| BEERMAT | Queen Mother in punt or coaster (4-3) |
| MERMAID | Queen Mother in dark raised fabulous female (7) |
| CAITHNESS | Historic county in Scotland's north, site of the Castle of Mey, a former residence of the Queen Mother (9) |
