| MYAUNT | Travels with - -; novel by Graham Greene upon which a film with Maggie Smith is loosely based (2,4) |
| PRIME | The _ of Miss Jean Brodie; novel by Muriel Spark that was adapted into a film with Maggie Smith in 1969 (5) |
| SPARK | Author whose novels include The Comforters,The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (adapted into a film with Maggie Smith), The Girls of Slender Means, A Far Cry From Kensington and The Finishing School (5) |
| MADAME | The film Ryan's Daughter is loosely based on the novel ___ Bovary. (6) |
| HEARTH | A domestic fireside, upon which a cricket seen to be chirping is traditionally considered to be a symbol of household good luck, as depicted in one of Dickens's Christmas novellas (6) |
| SCREEN | Surface on which a film is shown (6) |
| LADY | The - in the Van; film with Maggie Smith based on Alan Bennett's friendship with a homeless woman (4) |
| LICHEN | 'Trouble with ---', novel by John Wyndham (6) |
| NIKITA | 2010s action series with Maggie Q (6) |
| INSOLE | Cushion upon which a ball rests |
| ALTERS | Walter Smith is transformed inside (6) |
| EMMA | Set in the fictional village of Highbury, Jane Austen's novel upon which Clueless is loosely based (4) |
| ONLYLIVETWICE | You ___ 1967 British spy film which is loosely based on Ian Fleming's novel of the same name starring Sean Connery: 3 wds. |
| DENCH | One of the actresses in Nothing Like a Dame with Maggie Smith, Eileen Atkins and Joan Plowright (5) |
| HINGE | A cardinal direction - north, south, east or west; a device upon which a door or gate swings; the joint of a bivalve mollusc's shell; or, a philatelic mount for a postage stamp (5) |
| PERCH | A measure of length also called a pole or a rod, thus a word for a bar, branch or stick upon which a bird alights, rests or roosts (5) |
| HERONWAY | Route represented on an OS map by a green dashed line which is a bridle path, equestrian road or pony track upon which a rider may hack or trek without any traffic at any time (8) |
| ADAIR | Hero upon whom the John Wayne film "Hellfighters" is loosely based |
| GORILLASINTHEMIST | A book by naturalist Dian Fossey, of which a film version was made in 1988 |
| THEWOMANINBLACK | Susan Hill novel on which a film and play are based (3,5,2,5) |
