Possible Clues:

• Coin; royal headgear
• Canine cap
• Make king take rook, perhaps, then knight
• One flying directly north for summit
• Royal ___ Revue
• It gets seated at the dentist
• ... can run out and start to weep for a hit on the head
• Leading name, one going straight for the top
• Monarch's headgear
• Gloat, getting new sporting award