| THENAME | Umberto Eco's 1980 thriller set in a medieval monastery (3,4,2,3,4) |
| ROSE | Umberto Eco's 1980 murder mystery set in a medieval monastery (3,4,2,3,4) |
| OFTHE | Umberto Eco's 1980 murder mystery set in a medieval monastery (3,4,2,3,4) |
| ECO | Who wrote the mystery set in a medieval monastery, The Name of the Rose (1980) |
| DRESSEDTOKILL | 1980 thriller starring Michael Caine and Angie Dickinson that surprisingly didn't win an Oscar for best costume design? |
| SHUTTERISLAND | 2010 Leonardo DiCaprio thriller set in a creepy hospital |
| ABSOLUTION | 1978 Richard Burton thriller set in a Catholic school |
| PEASANTVILLE | Film set in a medieval town? |
| GARTH | Type of courtyard within a cloister at the centre of a medieval monastery (5) |
| NAME | Umberto Eco's historical mystery set in a 13th century monastery, The ... Of The Rose |
| BOWER | Literary word for a country cottage or summer house; a shady place in a garden or wood; or, a lady's private boudoir in a medieval castle (5) |
| MONK | Figure in Umberto Eco's "The Name of the Rose" |
| FOUCAULT | Which philosopher is remembered in the title of Umberto Eco's 1989 novel that begins: "That was when |
| NAMEOFTHE | Sean Connery film based on Umberto Eco's novel, The ___ Rose |
| LOLITA | Novel parodied by Umberto Eco's "Granita" |
| NAMEOF | Umberto Eco's bestseller and Sean Connery's film, The ... The Rose (4,2) |
| DAIS | Platform for a lectern or a throne with or without a canopy, originally one in a medieval hall where the lord of the manor dined with his family (4) |
| SENESCHAL | A steward in a medieval noble household in charge of domestic arrangements (9) |
| ITAL | Umberto Eco's nat. |
| HALL | The principal room in a medieval castle; a manor-house; a lobby or vestibule; or, an Oxbridge dining room, hence the dinner itself |
