### Clue: More sprightly lord embracing queen, king and setter (7)
### Answer: PERKIER 
 ### Explanation: Definition: More sprightly
 PEER(a lord, one of the nobles) **containing**(embracing) [R(abbrev. for "Regina"/a queen) + K(abbrev. for "king", in chess notation) **plus**(and) I(self-referential pronoun for the setter of this crossword)].