| IDONTLIKEMONDAYS | 1979 number one single by the Boomtown Rats inspired by an incident at an Elementary School in San Diego |
| RATTRAP | 1978 No1 single by The Boomtown Rats (3,4) |
| LICE | Parasites that can be in an outbreak at an elementary school |
| ECOLE | An elementary school in France |
| CASABIANCA | 1826 poem by Felicia Dorothea Hemans, about an incident at the Battle of the Nile in 1798 (10) |
| CAL | ___ Poly (school in San Luis Obispo) |
| CALPOLY | School in San Luis Obispo |
| MOLECULAR | Novel clue guarded by tooth at an elementary level (9) |
| NATURESTUDY | Investigation 01 animals and plants at an elementary level (6,5) |
| OHGIRL | 1972 US number one single by The Chi-Lites which reached number 14 in the UK |
| EYELEVEL | 1973 number one single by The Simon Park Orchestra that was the theme tune for the TV series Van der Valk |
| LADYMADONNA | 1968 number one single by the Beatles whose B-side was The Inner Light (4,7) |
| FROMMETOYOU | The first number one single by The Beatles (4,2,2,3) |
| GOINGUNDERGROUND | The first British number one single by The Jam |
| MASSES | 'The _ Against the Classes', 2000 UK No 1 single by the Manic Street Preachers (6) |
| SKINNER | Who is the principal of Springfield Elementary School in The Simpsons? (7) |
| MONDAYS | What the Boomtown Rats didn't like in 1979 (7) |
| FINGERS | Johnnie ___ was the keyboard player in the Boomtown Rats. (7) |
| MONDOBONGO | The Boomtown Rats' fourth album, including the singles Banana Republic and The Elephants Graveyard |
| ABBOTT | Title elementary school in an ABC sitcom starring Quinta Brunson, Sheryl Lee Ralph, and others |
