| REPTON | Independent school in Derbyshire whose former pupils include Roald Dahl and Jeremy Clarkson |
| FETTES | ? College, independent school in Edinburgh whose former pupils include politicians Selwyn Lloyd and Tony Blair |
| CHESTERFIELD | Industrial town in Derbyshire whose 14th-century church has a twisted spire (12) |
| WILLYWONKA | Fictional chocolatier created by Roald Dahl, and title character in a 2023 film (5,5) |
| TWITS | The ___, children's book by Roald Dahl and Quentin Blake (5) |
| WELSH | Like Roald Dahl and Shirley Bassey, by birth |
| ALFRETON | Alfred started reading at school in Derbyshire! (8) |
| CHIPPINGNORTON | Market town in the Cotswold Hills whose residents include Rebekah Brooks and Jeremy Clarkson |
| BEDALES | Independent school in Hampshire whose alumni include Lily Allen, Kirstie Allsopp and Alan Jay Lerner (7) |
| STOWE | An independent school in southern England, founded in 1923 (5) |
| DOWNSIDE | Catholic independent school in Somerset that was founded by Benedictine monks in 1617 (8) |
| DENSTONE | ____ College, independent school in Staffordshire that opened in 1873 (8) |
| EPSOM | ____ College, independent school in Surrey founded in 1853 (5) |
| PERSE | The ____, independent school in Cambridge founded in 1615 (5) |
| TOUR | Prime Video series with James May and Jeremy Clarkson, The Grand ---- (4) |
| WHITGIFT | Independent school in Croydon (8) |
| CHARTERHOUSE | An independent school in Godalming, Surrey (12) |
| DOLLAR | Small town in central Scotland (pop about 3,000), with an independent school founded in 1818 (6) |
| GINGER | Hang glider drops dahl and hot aromatic spice (6) |
| JAMESMAY | Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond's Top Gear and The Grand Tour co-host (5,3) |
