| STOWE | Buckinghamshire public school whose alumni include Richard Branson (5) |
| EXETER | Oxford college whose alumni include Richard Burton and Roger Bannister |
| CLONGOWESWOOD | - - - College, Irish boys' school whose alumni include Gordon D'Arcy, Rob Kearney and Kevin Spicer (9,4) |
| HARROW | Leading public school whose former scholars include Lord Byron and Sir Winston Churchill (6) |
| ETON | English public school whose pupils are either King's Scholars or Oppidans (4) |
| KINGS | Constituent college of the University of Cambridge whose alumni include Robert Walpole, Roger Fry, E. M. Forster and Alan Turing (5) |
| BEDALES | Independent school in Hampshire whose alumni include Lily Allen, Kirstie Allsopp and Alan Jay Lerner (7) |
| LSU | Sch. whose alumni include Shaquille O'Neal, James Carville and Rex Reed |
| EMMANUEL | Cambridge college whose alumni include the former politician Cecil Parkinson (8) |
| CIA | Sch. whose alumni include Anthony Bourdain and Roy Choi |
| ALPHASIG | Fraternity whose alumni include Warren Buffett and Vincent Price, familiarly |
| SANDHURST | Common name for the Royal Military College in Camberley, Surrey, whose alumni include Sir Winston Churchill and Princes William and Harry (9) |
| YALE | Ivy League university whose alumni include former presidents Gerald Ford, George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush (4) |
| PETERHOUSECOLLEGE | Academic institution of Cambridge University whose alumni include the actor James Mason (10,7) |
| ALLEN | __ Leech, Irish actor best known for playing Tom Branson in Downton Abbey (5) |
| LEECH | Allen _, played Downton Abbey's Tom Branson (5) |
| BRAIN | I urge Branson to become a skilled operator (5,7) |
| LIKEA | Large furniture store rebranded by Branson hit during the '80s? (4,1,6) |
| BOOTS | Branson, Mo., footwear |
| NECKER | Caribbean island owned by Sir Richard Branson (6) |
