| MARCIABLAINE | Girls' school in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (6,6) |
| ALISON | Mrs Bennet in the TV Pride And Prejudice, actress ... Steadman made her stage debut in The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie in 1968 |
| MAGGIESMITH | Actress who played the titular role in 'The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (1969) |
| SPARK | Author whose novels include The Comforters,The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (adapted into a film with Maggie Smith), The Girls of Slender Means, A Far Cry From Kensington and The Finishing School (5) |
| RONALDNEAME | Director of the films The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie and The Poseidon Adventure (6,5) |
| SMITH | Actress awarded an Oscar for her role in an adaptation of Muriel Spark's The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (5) |
| MURIELSPARK | Scottish writer of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie |
| MAGGIE | 1969 Best Actress Oscar winner for "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie" (6,5) |
| MURIEL | _ Spark, Scottish novelist whose works include The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (6) |
| STEPHENS | Actor whose screen roles included Teddy Lloyd in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (6,8) |
| ROBERT | Actor whose screen roles included Teddy Lloyd in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (6,8) |
| BRODIE | The Prime of Miss Jean ... (6) |
| NEWBORN | Descriptive of one in the prime of life! |
| MIDDLEAGE | Churchman divides distance travelled in the prime of life (6,3) |
| HELENMIRREN | Actress who starred in the Prime Suspect series and The Queen (5, 6) |
| PRIME | The _ of Miss Jean Brodie; novel by Muriel Spark that was adapted into a film with Maggie Smith in 1969 (5) |
| ROEDEAN | Posh girls' school in Sussex (7) |
| GERALDINE | English actress whose TV series included The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Mapp and Lucia, Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit and Marple (9,6) |
| CHEQUERS | Game played in the Prime Minister's house (8) |
| DEPUTYCHIEFOFSTAFF | Ottawa... Professional in the Prime Minister's Office: 4 wds. |