| MENOTTI | "The Old Maid and the Thief" composer |
| GAMES | Old maid and crazy eights |
| DIADEM | Young Edward's off with the maid and the crown authority (6) |
| IGLOO | Ice house, as in Fuchsia '___ Maid' and the variety of cauliflower (5) |
| YOLANDA | 1945 Astaire film, "___ and the Thief" |
| BREMER | Astaire's co-star in 1945's box office bomb "Yolanda and the Thief" |
| GENET | Jean, author of the plays The Maids and The Balcony (5) |
| BRENT | George in "Dark Victory" and "The Old Maid" |
| AKINS | Zoe who won a Pulitzer Prize for the 1935 play "The Old Maid" |
| CHAR | Watchers drop off stew for The Old Maid (4) |
| DELIA | Mrs. Ralston in "The Old Maid": by Wharton |
| ZOE | "The Old Maid" playwright Akins |
| COOKSHOP | With examples depicted in the Dutch School artwork Scullery Maid and in various pieces by Jean-Simeon Chardin, bowls, pans, pots, spoons and other items of kitchenalia (8) |
| UTENSILS | With examples depicted in the Dutch School artwork Scullery Maid and in various pieces by Jean-Simeon Chardin, bowls, pans, pots, spoons and other items of kitchenalia (8) |
| PUBLICSERVANT | Local has fifty in charge and only one maid - and she works for the government... (6,7) |
| RITAS | The Beatles' meter maid and others |
| NOMADIC | The maid and NCO get married, having no fixed abode (7) |
| ADELES | "Die Fledermaus" maid and namesakes |
| READERIMARRIEDHIM | Confession concerning one maid and her admirer in novel form |
| ANNA | Lady Mary's maid and Bates' wife in Downton Abbey (4) |
