Possible Clues:

• Duke, earl, etc.
• One looks at and up to them
• If a cat may look at a king, is this what it does at the nobility? (5)
• Jurymen
• Speaks of supports for aristocrats
• Looks hard for 16 downs, perhaps
• Counts, for example
• Looks for people of one's own standing
• Possibly counts bugs, having removed stone
• People just like you