| TAVERNER | Opera by Peter Maxwell Davies (8) |
| BLIND | Masque by Peter Maxwell Davies first performed in London in 1972 (5,4,4) |
| EIGHTSONGS | 1969 music-theatre piece by Peter Maxwell Davies and Randolph Stow (5,5,3,1,3,4) |
| BROWN | George Mackay -; Orcadian author whose novel Magnus was adapted into a chamber opera by Sir Peter Maxwell Davies (5) |
| WEIR | Composer of A Night at the Chinese Opera who was appointed Master of The Queen's Music in succession to Sir Peter Maxwell Davies in 2014 (4) |
| DAVIES | Peter Maxwell, English composer whose works include the opera Taverner (6) |
| BRIGHTON | Maxwell Sheffield's son in The Nanny (8) |
| EUROPEAN | The ---, newspaper launched by Robert Maxwell in 1990 |
| CHAMPION | 1949 film drama starring Kirk Douglas and Marilyn Maxwell (8) |
| DONADAMS | Agent 86, Maxwell Smart, was played by this actor (3,5) |
| LASTDROP | Maxwell house is good to the what?: 2 wds. |
| LAWRENCE | Tiffany Maxwell (Silver Linings Playbook) |
| CORPORAL | Maxwell Q. Klinger's rank |
| BALDACCI | Best-selling author David who writes the "King and Maxwell" novels |
| INSPECTORGADGET | *Detective based, in part, on Maxwell Smart (and voiced by Don Adams, who played Maxwell Smart) |
| IFYOU | Start of a quote by Maxwell Maltz |
| SMART | Secret agent played by Don Adams (Maxwell -----) |
| STOWE | Public school attended by David Niven and Gavin Maxwell (5) |
| WHATS | Peter Bogdanovich film starring Barbra Streisand as Judy Maxwell (5,2,3) |
| UPDOC | Peter Bogdanovich film starring Barbra Streisand as Judy Maxwell (5,2,3) |
