| RAFE | _ Spall, star of the films Prometheus and The Ritual (4) |
| WONG | Benedict ___, actor whose roles have included Ravel in 2012 adventure film Prometheus (4) |
| GUY | ___ Pearce, 7D's co-star in Prometheus and The Road (3) |
| MOONRAKER | Movie combining e.g. Prometheus and The Thin Man, right? |
| IAPETUS | Father of Atlas, Prometheus, and Epimetheus |
| DUBS | Invests with a knighthood by the ritual of tapping on the shoulder with a sword (4) |
| YEAR | I Give It A ___, 2013 rom-com starring 5D, Rose Byrne and Rafe Spall (4) |
| RACHTZA | The ritual of washing of the hands at The Seder (Hebrew) (7) |
| TIMOTHY | ___ Spall, 8A's co-star in Summer Of Rockets (7) |
| CHIP | Spall |
| MENES | Pharaoh who founded the first dynasty of Egypt and is believed to have introduced the ritual of god |
| WOBURN | - Abbey; surrounded by deer park landscaped by Humphry Repton, seat of the Dukes of Bedford, once home to Duchess Anna Maria who popularised the ritual of afternoon tea (6) |
| INITIATION | The ritual of admitting a new member into a society or group in an often secret ceremony of the same name; or, any act of beginning (10) |
| SEDER | The ritual for the first night of the passover |
| LAVABO | The ritual washing of the priest's hands after the offertory at Mass |
| TASHLICH | The ritual of casting away of sins in flowing water during the High Holy Days (Hebrew) (8) |
| SUMOWRESTLING | In which sport do participants perform the ritual of throwing salt on the floor before a match? (4,9) |
| BURIAL | The ritual of placing of a corpse in a grave (6) |
| ELEVATION | In Roman Catholicism, the ritual raising of the Host (consecrated bread) at Mass for adoration (9) |
| THESPIS | Tragic playwright invokes the spirits without half the ritual (7) |
