| NICHOLS | Mike, Best Director Oscar-winner for The Graduate (7) |
| BATHE | Come clean - is this the first for the graduate? (5) |
| MRSROBINSON | Simon & Garfunkel's key song for The Graduate (3,8) |
| MAGENTA | The graduate put the salesman in the shade (7) |
| ABSCOND | The graduate joined the firm and is about to take flight (7) |
| SILENCE | The Sound of ___, song from The Graduate (7) |
| SEDUCED | Enticingly tempted as Mrs. Robinson did to Benjamin in The Graduate |
| BASRELIEF | No more worry for the graduate, perhaps, if the cut is not too deep (3-6) |
| BUCKHENRY | American actor, screenwriter and director who received Oscar nominations as co-writer of The Graduate and co-director of Heave Can Wait (4,5) |
| MIKENICHOLS | Oscar-winning "The Graduate" director who was born in Germany: 2 wds. |
| ROBINSON | Mrs ___, song written for the film The Graduate (8) |
| DH | Initials for the star of "The Graduate" |
| MIKE | ___ Nichols The Graduate director who has won the EGOT |
| SOUNDSOFSILENCE | Paradoxical-sounding song from "The Graduate," with "The" |
| MNS | "The Graduate" (1967) director ...his initials-sharers |
| DUSTINHOFFMAN | The Graduate originally uses powder in hospital, getting off with staff (6,7) |
| ANNEBANCROFT | Mrs Robinson in the 1967 movie, The Graduate (4,8) |
| BANCROFT | Anne, U.S. actress in The Elephant Man and The Graduate (8) |
| ANNE | First name among the cast of 'The Graduate' |
| COBALT | Metal the graduate gets in with the young horse (6) |
