| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| ARMEDESCORT | Bodyguard | |
| ESCORT | Bodyguard | |
| MUSCLEMAN | Brawny bodyguard | |
| YEOMAN | One may become oldtime bodyguard | |
| DEFENDER | Bodyguard to defer den renovations | |
| MINDER | Bodyguard to tend to the queen | |
| HOUSECARL | A household servant; also, one of the bodyguard of King Canute. | |
| VARANGIAN | One of the Northmen who founded a dynasty in Russia in the 9th century; also, one of the Northmen composing, at a later date, the imperial bodyguard at Constantinople. | |