| CHRISTINE | _ and the Queens, French singer/ songwriter (9) |
| THEJOKER | _ _ And The Queen, Ed Sheeran hit with Taylor Swift (3,5) |
| REINE | Queen: French |
| AMPERSAND | Member of the House of Commons and the Queen, and a state leader, and... And... (9) |
| PHILANDER | Take one penny off the Prince and the Queen, play the field (9) |
| CORIANDER | Blimey! I and the Queen go for the flavouring (9) |
| SOLOMONID | This African dynasty was made up by a line of Ethiopian emperors who, according to tradition, were descended from Menilek I, the son of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba (Makeda). (9) |
| FOREIGNER | Alien backing of monarch and the Queen (9) |
| BARRACKER | One jeering right amongst Obama and the Queen (9) |
| PRIVATEER | Ship that plundered Tommy Atkins and the Queen (9) |
| ALEXANDER | He was great with beer at times and the Queen (9) |
| EXONERATE | Beefeater and the Queen had a meal together. Is that clear? (9) |
| ENCOUNTER | Meet foreign noble and the queen after getting directions (9) |
| SLANDERED | And the Queen in a toboggan is defamed (9) |
| SERGE | _ Gainsbourg, 20th-century French singer-songwriter and actor (5) |
| HELOISE | _ Letissier, real name of Christine and the Queens (7) |
| GAINSBOURG | French singer-songwriter who was married to Jane Birkin from 1968-80 (5,10) |
| BRASSENS | Georges ?, French singer-songwriter who wrote 1947 novel La lune ecoute aux portes |
| ROGER | Turn right round, and the queen's got it |
| YUCKERS | American woodpeckers regularly nicking bits of your cake (and The Queen's!) |
