| GRAMMARSCHOOL | *Type of academic establishment in the United Kingdom |
| TRINITYCOLLEGE | Academic establishment in Dublin |
| EXAM | In Simplex, a mercurial type of academic challenge (4) |
| EXTERNALDEGREE | Type of academic qualification acquired by eg Brenda and Martha |
| MORTARBOARD | Type of academic cap (11) |
| SCHOOLMAN | The educational establishment in the middle of Lamanva was founded by a teacher in medieval times (9) |
| DINER | Establishment in the opening scene of Pulp Fiction |
| HOTEL | The Fair View , one of Belinda Mulrooneg's establishments in the Klondike |
| BARS | The drinking establishments in the centre of Warbstow are, I hear, second rate and rather run-down (4) |
| FRANCE | Frank first hurried to establishment in the country |
| INN | An establishment in the countryside for entertaining travellers |
| BATES | Accommodation establishment in the film Psycho (5,5) |
| MOTEL | Accommodation establishment in the film Psycho (5,5) |
| BAR | Moe's establishment in "The Simpsons" |
| OPIUMDEN | Chinese establishment in the 19th century where narcotics were smoked |
| SCHOOLOFHARDKNOCKS | Experiential learning idiom whose first, third, and fourth words are an academic establishment, the opposite of "soft," and a synonym for "raps on a door": 4 wds. (Theme answer: When the first word is |
| CRYPTIC | Type of crossword puzzle that originated in the United Kingdom in the 1920s (7) |
| RAS | What are the initials of the flying club founded in the United Kingdom in 1966 and for which Prince Philip was Air Commodore? (1,1,1) |
| DADDYLONGLEGS | In the United Kingdom it's a crane fly but in Australia it's a house spider (and in the US it was a |
| RYDE | Resort on the Isle of Wight whose pier is the fourth longest in the United Kingdom |