| WALTERS | Julie ?, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Educating Rita |
| CHRISTIE | Julie ?, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar winner for Darling |
| CAINE | Michael, Best Actor in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for Educating Rita (5) |
| HARRIS | Julie, Best Actress in a Leading Role Oscar nominee for The Member of the Wedding (6) |
| ANDREWS | Julie, Best Actress Oscar winner for Mary Poppins (7) |
| GOODYEAR | Julie ?, actress who played Bet Lynch in ITV soap Coronation Street (8) |
| HESMONDHALGH | Julie ?, actress who played Hayley Cropper in ITV soap Coronation Street (12) |
| DELPY | Julie ?, actress who played Celine in film dramas Before Midnight, Before Sunrise and Before Sunset (5) |
| NEWMAR | Julie ?, actress whose roles include Stupefyin' Jones in 1959 film musical Li'l Abner |
| INERTIA | A disinclination to act in opening of Educating Rita, possibly |
| LEARNING | Large inn used for educating (8) |
| NURSERYSCHOOL | Place for educating young children |
| SCHOOL | Institution for educating children (6) |
| SCHOOLS | Establishments for educating children (7) |
| TWOHANDER | Don threw a wobbly in Educating Rita, perhaps |
| RUSSELL | Willy -; playwright whose best-known works include Educating Rita, Shirley Valentine and Blood Brothers (7) |
| JULIAWALTERS | Veteran actress whose films include Educating Rita, Mamma Mia! and Calendar Girls (5,7) |
| GRIT | Strength of character seen in 'Educating Rita' (4) |
| WILLY | Author of 1980 stage play Educating Rita (5,7) |
| ASSONANCE | What the heroine of Willy Russell's Educating Rita described as "getting the rhyme wrong" |
