| OLIVIER | Surname of the prolific actor, Laurence -, and title of prestigious theatre awards (7) |
| COOKSON | Surname of the prolific historical, romantic fiction author who also wrote as Catherine Marchant (7) |
| NIDA | Prestigious theatre school located at the University of New South Wales in Sydney (1,1,1,1) |
| BOWER | Virgin's - - - - -, name commonly given to the prolific, whiteflowered Clematis virginiana (5) |
| SCARLET | The _ Pimpernel, character and title of Emma Orcyz's classic (7) |
| EARLDOM | Rank and title of a British nobleman ranking below a marquess and above a viscount (7) |
| ELECTOR | One who has a vote, and title of certain nobles in the German empire (7) |
| TABULAR | That may abut on Laurence, and that's flat (7) |
| STERNLY | Writers Laurence and Laurie discussed in rigorous way (7) |
| LETITBE | Beatles hit and title of their last 1970 studio album (3,2,2) |
| PGRATED | Like many family films (and title of this puzzle) |
| TEESOFF | Starts a hole, and title of this puzzle |
| STERNES | Author Laurence and painter Maurice |
| DUKEDOM | Dude worried about king getting honour and title (7) |
| ABIGAIL | Party thrower and title character in a famous Mike Leigh play (7) |
| SIGMA | Eighteenth letter of the Greek alphabet and title of Isabelle Baafis poem from the Dec/Jan 2025 issue (5) |
| HANSELANDGRETEL | Grimm's fairy tale and title of a Humperdinck opera (often seen with "und" instead of "and") |
| EMIA | She was the character and title of the book by Jane Austen (4) |
| IVY | Araliaceous vine symbolic of enduring growth and traditionally growing over the walls of prestigious American universities including Harvard, Princeton and Yale (3) |
| WALKEN | Prolific actor and Weapon Of Choice dancer, Christopher _ (6) |
