| DRAGONFLY | Racehorse on which Basil Fawlty won £75 in a 1979 episode of Fawlty Towers (9) |
| RIBOCCO | Racehorse on which Lester Piggott won the 1967 St Leger Stakes (7) |
| BIGWIG | VIP initially bet £1,000 and won £1,000 (6) |
| SNAREDRUM | One's hit a racehorse on both sides of shin (5,4) |
| DRUM | Beat famous racehorse on left (4) |
| BARCELONA | Capital of Catalonia; the fictional birthplace of Fawlty Towers character Manuel; or, the title of a single by Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballe (9) |
| PSYCHIATRIST | Type of doctor played by Basil Henson in an episode of Fawlty Towers (12) |
| WALDORFSALAD | An American guest's request for which dish causes chaos in an episode of Fawlty Towers? (7,5) |
| ICAINTSAYNO | Song from Oklahoma! performed by Connie Booth as Polly in the Gourmet Night episode of Fawlty Towers |
| RAT | Basil the ___ was the 12 th and final episode of Fawlty Towers. (3) |
| RADIOSTAR | Whom "video killed," in a 1979 hit |
| CLEESE | TV's Basil Fawlty of Fawlty Towers, John ------ (6) |
| SPED | Drove 75 in a 55 zone for example |
| BASIL | Herb - Fawlty of Fawlty Towers (5) |
| YMCA | "A place you can go ... when you're short on your dough," in a 1979 hit |
| ENOPHILE | In the words of Basil Fawlty, one who “appreciates the boudoir of the grape” (US spelling) |
| KRAMER | Name of the family in a 1979 film about a bitter divorce struggle, Best Picture winner at the 1980 Oscars (6) |
| PRUNELLA | Scales of "Fawlty Towers" |
| BOOTH | Connie ___, star and co-writer of Fawlty Towers (5) |
| DEAFNESS | Affliction of Fawlty Towers guest Mrs Richards (8) |
