| BRONWEN | ___ Maddox, journalist and think tank director, born in 1963 (7) |
| BLUR | Britpop group whose studio albums include Parklife and Think Tank (4) |
| BRANAGH | Director, born in Kent, first to have better managed a good hospital (7,7) |
| KENNETH | Director, born in Kent, first to have better managed a good hospital (7,7) |
| ELIROTH | U.S. film director born in 1972 who specialises in the horror genre (3,4) |
| KERMODE | Mark, film critic, musician and podcaster born in 1963 (7) |
| WHEELER | Caron, lead singer of R&B group Soul II Soul, born in 1963 (7) |
| STEWART | Alec, former England Test cricket captain born in 1963 (7) |
| REVOLVE | Go in a circle and think about it (7) |
| LESTERS | Maddox and Pearson |
| COPPOLA | US film director born 1939 (7) |
| SUPPOSE | Matter for reflection: sit and think (7) |
| SPENSER | Poet beginning to speak and think in French |
| SLOGANS | "Think" for IBM and "Think outside the bun" for Taco Bell |
| KENNETHBRANAGH | Shakespearean actor and film director born in Belfast in 1960 (7,7) |
| TRUTINA | Balance, pair of scales, cf. lanx, and think of one of Orff's Carmina |
| SCRUPLE | One might make you stop and think |
| ADMIRES | Respects and thinks the world of the terribly sad emir (7) |
| CHARLIECHAPLIN | British comedian and director born in 1889, whose silent films include The Kid and City Lights (7,7) |
| LIEBACK | "___ ___ and think of England". (3,4) |
