| POOHBAH | The Lord-High-Everything-Else in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Mikado (4-3) |
| YUMYUM | Young ward of Ko-Ko in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Mikado (3-3) |
| KOKO | The Lord High Executioner of Titipu in the 1885 Gilbert and Sullivan operetta The Mikado (2-2) |
| MELISSA | Lady Blanche's daughter in the Gilbert and Sullivan comic opera 'Princess Ida' (7) |
| NANKIPOO | Who was the son of the Mikado in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta? (5-3) |
| ALMONER | The Lord High ___ is a senior priest overseeing charity to the poor |
| MIKADO | Japanese emperor, as in the Gilbert and Sullivan operetta (6) |
| STREPHON | The Arcadian shepherd in the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta Iolanthe (8) |
| ODDONEOUT | Thing that is different from everything else in the group (3,3,3) |
| YEOMEN | Gilbert and Sullivan operetta, The _ Of The Guard (6) |
| ELSE | "Lord High Everything ___" (one of Pooh-Bah's titles in "The Mikado") |
| EARLMARSHAL | English officer of state ranking between the Lord High Constable and Lord High Admiral (4,7) |
| SAVOYOPERA | Any of the Gilbert and Sullivan works originally presented by the D'Oyly Carte company |
| TURBAN | Bargain hunter has no hearing on top of everything else in the Sikh community (6) |
| KIRIBATI | Independent republic in the Pacific comprising 33 islands including Banaba , the Gilbert and Phoenix Islands, and eight of the Line Islands |
| ICECAP | Presumably this keeps Yeti warm on top of everything else in cold climate (3,3) |
| BERET | Part of the military gear perhaps on top of everything else in France (5) |
| RESIST | Is found in everything else in combat (6) |
| TUVALU | Polynesian country that formed part of the British colony of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands from 1916 to 1976 (6) |
| BURGHLEY | Tudor mansion built by the Lord High Treasurer of Elizabeth I; host of an annual three-day event since 1961 (8) |
