| BENCHER | Inn of Court governor |
| TEMPLAR | Word for a member of an order of knights established by Crusaders around 1119; or, a barrister of the Middle or Inner two of the four Inns of Court in London (7) |
| LINCOLNS | - Inn; one of the Inns of Court in London (8) |
| INNERTEMPLE | One of London's inns of court |
| INNER | - - - Temple, one of the four legal societies in London that together form the Inns of Court (5) |
| LIBELLEE | Respondent in the Inns of Court |
| HILARY | The spring term at Oxford University, the Inns of Court and some other educational establishments |
| MANCIPLE | Officer who buys provisions for a college or Inns of Court (8) |
| CHAMBERS | Rooms used by barristers, especially in the Inns of Court (8) |
| STAPLE | ____ Inn, in High Holborn, is London’s only surviving Elizabethan half-timbered building, on the site of a former wool trade centre and later an Inn of Chancery |
| SERAI | Inn of the Near East |
| TABARD | __ inn of "Canterbury Tales" |
| TAVERNER | John --------, 16th century English composer: one who frequented an inn of old (8) |
| INGRIDBERGMAN | Swedish actress whose films include Casablanca and The Inn of the Sixth Happiness |
| FRENCHONIONSOUP | Starter #2 from menu missing in order: phone inn, of course! |
| AYLWARD | Gladys ?, missionary portrayed by Ingrid Bergman in 1958 biopic The Inn of the Sixth Happiness |
| GLADYSAYLWARD | Missionary to China who inspired the film The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, starring Ingrid Bergman |
| NONPROFIT | Renovated inn of port, without seeking financial gain? (9) |
| OSTLERS | Stablemen at inns of old (7) |
| LINKSIN | Connects with inns of the wrong ilk (5,2) |