| WOBURN | The stately home ____ Abbey has the best-preserved version of the Armada portrait of Elizabeth I |
| PEARLS | Gems of the sea and birthstones of June, such as the approximately 800 depicted in the Armada Portrait of Elizabeth I (6) |
| ELEANORCROSS | Geddington in Northamptonshire has the best preserved ____, a memorial to Edward I's first wife |
| HATFIELD | House in Hertfordshire built for Robert Cecil in 1611, home to the Rainbow portrait of Elizabeth I bearing the motto Non sine sole iris (no rainbow without the sun) (8) |
| GALLEON | Everything gone astray without one of the Armada (7) |
| NAVALFORCE | Rave about Falcon's use of the Armada (5,5) |
| BRANSON | Tom, Lady Sybil's widower in ITV show Downton Abbey, has no time for pickle (7) |
| APSE | Westminster Abbey has one |
| PHOENIX | Mythical bird symbolising rebirth that is depicted in one of the portraits of Elizabeth I attributed to Nicholas Hilliard other than the 'Pelican' (7) |
| LONGSUTTON | Market town in Lincolnshire whose 13th-century St Mary's Church boasts one of the best-preserved lead spires in England |
| MINGDYNASTY | Group that was in power when the best-preserved form of this puzzle's landmark was built |
| NOELCOWARD | Composer of the song The Stately Homes of England (4,6) |
| ELEPHANT | Thanks to the almost 2000 powerful sensors in its trunk, the African ___ has the best nose in the animal kingdom |
| LACORUNA | What is the Spanish name of the port from which the Armada sailed in 1588? (2,6) |
| MELROSE | ___ Abbey in the Scottish Borders, thought to be the burial location of the heart of Robert the Bruce (7) |
| ALLOWING | Letting students in around part of the stately home (8) |
| WELLINTENTIONED | Source with plan to contact journalist has the best of motives, none of which will work (4,11) |
| ARMEDTOTHETEETH | Rebuilt the tattered home, has the best equipment to fight (5,2,3,5) |
| NIMES | City with the best-preserved Roman amphitheatre in France (5) |
| AMETHYST | Leo left the stately home with a gem (8) |
