| FANNIEFLAGG | Author of "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe" who cameoed as a teacher in the 1991 film adaptation: 2 wds. |
| FLAGG | Author of "Fried Green Tomatoes" |
| PETERBENCHLEY | Author of "Jaws" who cameoed as a reporter in the 1975 film adaptation: 2 wds. |
| JOHNLECARRE | Author of "Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy" who cameoed as a party guest in the 2011 film adaptation: 3 wds. |
| THEKINGANDI | 1951 musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, featuring Gertrude Lawrence as a teacher in Siam |
| SIR | To ___ With Love (1967 movie starring Sidney Poitier as a teacher in London) |
| LENO | Jay who cameoed as a mechanic on "Home Improvement" |
| WAITRESS | Writes as badly as one putting down Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe (8) |
| FRIED | Fannie Flagg's novel, on which the film was based, ... Green Tomatoes At The Whistle Stop Cafe |
| TOMATOES | 1991 film whose title is the first three words of a novel by Fannie Flagg, whose full title also has 'at the Whistle Stop Cafe' (5,5,8) |
| FRIEDGREEN | 1991 film whose title is the first three words of a novel by Fannie Flagg, whose full title also has 'at the Whistle Stop Cafe' (5,5,8) |
| JAMESBOLAM | Who played Jack Ford in When the Boat Comes In and a teacher in The Beiderbecke Affair? (5,5) |
| GREEN | Favoured food of patrons of the Whistle Stop Cafe (5,5,8) |
| AVNET | Director of "Fried Green Tomatoes" |
| BATES | Kathy of "Fried Green Tomatoes" |
| TYSON | Cicely of "Fried Green Tomatoes" |
| TRAIN | Become a teacher, in the wake of (5) |
| VILA | Bob who cameoed as himself on "Home Improvement" |
| AHEAD | A teacher in the van (5) |
| PETERHEAD | Simon, a teacher in the Grampian region (9) |
