| DOWNSIDE | Discouraging aspect of a public school |
| DULWICH | District in London's Southwark, site of a public school founded by Edward Alleyn as the College of God's Gift and of a picture gallery designed by Sir John Soane (7) |
| FEATURE | Word for bodily form; a lineament of a face; or, a distinctive aspect of a building, landscape or newspaper (7) |
| ORATORIAL | Of a public speaker or of a musical story (9) |
| RUGBY | Considered the birthplace of a sport involving scrummage, a public school with houses including Cotton, Kilbracken, Griffin and Rupert Brooke (5) |
| ETON | A public school of unusual note |
| ETONWALLGAME | Form of football invented at a public school |
| PHAETON | Carriage from public house to a public school (7) |
| WINCH | Half a public school supplying a pullup for boatmen (5) |
| DIRECTOR | A member of a company's board; or, a film-maker who manages the creative aspects of a movie (8) |
| SPIN | --- doctor, person who provides a favourable slant to a news item, policy etc on behalf of a public figure or political party (4) |
| PORTERSLODGE | A room near the entrance of a public building such as a college occupied by its caretaker (7,5) |
| PARADE | Will make a show of a public promenade (6) |
| WINCHESTER | Cathedral city in Hampshire with a public school founded by William of Wykeham in 1382 (10) |
| COMMONENTRANCE | Exam prior to getting a place in a public school (6,8) |
| STOW | "Stuff it!" - a public school saying (4) |
| ESTONIANS | Pupils at a public school, including small Europeans (9) |
| ETONIAN | Antoine may be from a public school (7) |
| BEAK | Teacher in a public school, informally (4) |
| NEA | Organization for many a public school teacher: Abbr. |
