| GEENA | Davis who founded an Institute on Gender in Media |
| GEENADAVIS | Thelma and Louise costar who founded an institute on gender in media: 2 wds. |
| ESTABLISHMENT | Set up some workers, at last, in an institute (13) |
| HILLIER | English horticulturist who founded an arboretum in Hampshire in 1953 (7) |
| TAHITI | That backward oversees institute on island in the Pacific (6) |
| GRAVITAS | In all seriousness, short resting place at institute on weekend held-up (8) |
| GIRLY | Feminine gender in Romance languages, initially an unknown quantity |
| VERTIGO | Dizzy times in France for green institute on the move (7) |
| PICASSO | Artist from women's institute on ship in river (7) |
| JEAN | Woman changing gender in France in short trousers (4) |
| SEXIST | One who forms prejudices based on gender |
| SPURGEON | Charles Haddon ___, Baptist preacher known as the 'Prince of Preachers' after whom an institute of theological higher education in Croydon is named |
| VIOLA | Davis, who won an Emmy, an Oscar and two Tony Awards |
| ITALIACONTI | Actress who founded an Academy of Theatre Arts in London in 1911 (6,5) |
| GUGGENHEIM | Peggy, art collector born in 1898 who founded an art museum in Venice (10) |
| BENEDICT | Monk who founded an order on Scottish mountain |
| FIRESTONE | Harvey ___, American businessman who founded an eponymous 'Tire and Rubber' company in 1900 |
| WILLIAMWRIGLEY | American industrialist who founded an eponymous chewing gum company in 1891 |
| DINAHSHORE | Actress who founded an LPGA major in 1972 (5,5) |
| HALLE | Charles --, German conductor who founded an orchestra based in Manchester (5) |
