| SION | Secret society in "The Da Vinci Code" (2006): Priory of ___ |
| CAMORRA | Mafia-like secret society in the city of Naples (7) |
| SILAS | Paul Bettany's role in "The Da Vinci Code" (2006) |
| ATS | French actress in "The Da Vinci code" (2006) ...her initials-sharers |
| LOUVRE | Paris museum in "The Da Vinci Code" (2006) |
| OPUSDEI | Secretive group in "The Da Vinci Code" (2006): 2 wds. |
| RONHOWARD | "The Da Vinci Code" (2006) director |
| INFERNO | 2016 sequel to The Da Vinci Code (2006) and Angels & Demons (2009), starring Tom Hanks (7) |
| BEDLAM | Hospital founded in 1247 as the Priory of the New Order of our Lady of Bethlehem (6) |
| DIX | German painter, prominent member of the 'New Objectivity' group, whose works were harshly critical of society in the Weimar Republic (4,3) |
| OTTO | German painter, prominent member of the 'New Objectivity' group, whose works were harshly critical of society in the Weimar Republic (4,3) |
| PHIBETAKAPPA | Oldest academic honour society in the US, founded in 1776 and a secret society until 1831 (3,4,5) |
| BRAVENEWWORLD | Desirable or perfect society in the future as described in 'The Tempest' (5,3,5) |
| SUBS | The leading building society in the centre of Truro has stopped arranging loans (4) |
| GLEECLUB | A society in the US for the singing of choral music (4,4) |
| CARBONARI | Members of a secret society in early 19th-century Italy (9) |
| TONG | Secret Chinese society, in the U.S. |
| PICCADILLYCRAWL | Affected style of walking adopted by fashionable London society in the 1880s (10,5) |
| INSULTS | Abuses in society in the last second (7) |
| PRIORY | ___ of Sion (group in The Da Vinci Code) |
