| MINGHELLA | Anthony ?, Best Director Oscar winner for The English Patient |
| BINOCHE | Juliette, Best Supporting Actress Oscar winner for The English Patient (7) |
| HOPKINS | Anthony ?, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar winner for The Silence of the Lambs |
| RALPH | Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for The English Patient (5,7) |
| FIENNES | Ralph, Best Actor Oscar nominee for The English Patient (7) |
| QUINN | Anthony ?, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar winner for Viva Zapata! (5) |
| QUAYLE | Anthony ?, Best Actor in a Supporting Role Oscar nominee for Anne of the Thousand Days |
| FRANCIOSA | Anthony ?, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for A Hatful of Rain |
| ONDAATJE | Michael _, Sri-lankan born novelist who won the Booker Prize for The English Patient (8) |
| OSCAR | 1996 award for "The English Patient" |
| MOTHERS | A celebration on the second Sunday in May for Australia and the US, but in March for the English, .. |
| WARSOFTHEROSES | Term for the dynastic conflict between the houses of Lancaster and York for the English throne 1455-1485 (4,2,3,5) |
| MERRY | One of the Tolkienian Hobbits of The Shire with Bilbo, Frodo, Pippin and Samwise; word meaning cheerful, festive, jolly or tipsy; or, a name for the English wild cherry (5) |
| BABINGTON | Anthony ?, 16th-century English conspirator executed for plotting to assassinate Elizabeth I (9) |
| TROLLOPE | Anthony ?, author of the novels Phineas Finn and The Warden (8) |
| DOWELL | Anthony ?, director of the Royal Ballet from 1986-2001 |
| ROOTWORD | The Greek "khalix" (pebble) for the English "calculus," e.g. |
| BAYEUXTAPESTRY | In France, this demonstrates one in the eye for the English |
| LAMANCHE | The French name for the English Channel (2,6) |
| WRENCH | A hand tool for the English architect on the church (6) |
