| OPPIDAN | At Eton, a pupil who boards in town rather than in the school (7) |
| RIP | A tear in cloth/paper or in a substandard piece of work at Eton; a nag; a roue; or, a strong current/tide (3) |
| GILLIAN | ___ Anderson, The Crown actress who trod the boards in London's West End with 63D in All About Eve (7) |
| ENCLAIR | A French phrase used to denote a telegram or message is written in ordinary language, rather than in cipher/code (2,5) |
| PREQUEL | Story taking place at an earlier time than in the previous work (7) |
| MANSARD | Roof that is steeper in the lower part than in the upper |
| BOARDER | Pupil who lives at the school (7) |
| ETONIAN | Any pupil who attends Berkshire public school, established in 1440 (7) |
| DAYGIRL | Pupil who shouldn't grow up to be a lady of the night? |
| SLANDER | Defamation by speech rather than in writing (7) |
| TIDBITS | Then I did baking in the school, making tasty morsels (7) |
| SOCKHOP | 1950s dance held in the school gym |
| ERASERS | Items in the school budget |
| CLASSES | Groups of pupils who are taught together (7) |
| TRUANT | What might we call a pupil who stays away from school without permission (6) |
| IANMCKELLEN | Knighted actor currently treading the boards in London's West End as King Lear in the play of the same name (3,8) |
| MORNINGGLORY | Slang for a racehorse which runs faster on the dawn gallops than in the actual race; or, any vining ipomoea, named for its trumpet-shaped blooms that open around sunrise (7,5) |
| ALAN | ___ Cumming, Scottish actor who'll tread the boards in London, early 2020, with Daniel Radcliffe in Endgame (4) |
| NERDS | People "who invested their personalities in being clever rather than in being good company," per Rosa Lyster |
| FRYINGPAN | In which you're better off than in the fire (6-3) |
