| BRODIE | "The Prime of Miss Jean ___" |
| SPARK | Author whose novels include The Comforters,The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (adapted into a film with Maggie Smith), The Girls of Slender Means, A Far Cry From Kensington and The Finishing School (5) |
| RONALDNEAME | Director of the films The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie and The Poseidon Adventure (6,5) |
| MURIELSPARK | Scottish writer of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie |
| MAGGIESMITH | Star of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (6,5) |
| SMITH | Actress awarded an Oscar for her role in an adaptation of Muriel Spark's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (5) |
| ALISON | Mrs Bennet in the TV Pride And Prejudice, actress ... Steadman made her stage debut in The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie in 1968 |
| MAGGIE | 1969 Best Actress Oscar winner for "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (6,5) |
| MARCIABLAINE | Girls' school in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (6,6) |
| MURIEL | _ Spark, Scottish novelist whose works include The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (6) |
| GERALDINE | English actress whose TV series included The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Mapp and Lucia, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit and Marple (9,6) |
| DAMEMURIELSPARK | "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" author |
| STEPHENS | Actor whose screen roles included Teddy Lloyd in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (6,8) |
| ROBERT | Actor whose screen roles included Teddy Lloyd in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (6,8) |
| NEWBORN | Descriptive of one in the prime of life! |
| MISS | Maggie Smith's "The Prime of - Jean Brodie" |
| JEAN | 'The Prime of Miss ___ Brodie' |
| WALKERS | Those coming round include the prime of liveried footmen (7) |
| AGED | Well past the prime of life |
| AUTUMNAL | Past the prime of growth |
