| Rating | Solver | Clue |
|---|---|---|
| KINGS | Monarchs | |
| QUEENS | Female monarchs | |
| THRONES | Monarchs’ seats | |
| SHAHS | Former monarchs of Iran | |
| ILLIBERAL | Against freedom as some monarchs | |
| CASHIERER | One who rejects, discards, or dismisses; as, a cashierer of monarchs. | |
| NYMPHALES | An extensive family of butterflies including the nymphs, the satyrs, the monarchs, the heliconias, and others; -- called also brush-footed butterflies. | |
| DIADEM | Originally, an ornamental head band or fillet, worn by Eastern monarchs as a badge of royalty; hence (later), also, a crown, in general. | |
| CURTANA | The pointless sword carried before English monarchs at their coronation, and emblematically considered as the sword of mercy; -- also called the sword of Edward the Confessor. | |