| GRENFELL | Author of George, Don't Do That and Requests the Pleasure who starred as Ruby Gates in the St Trinian's films (8) |
| ASKSOUT | Requests the pleasure of one's company |
| INVITES | Requests the pleasure of your company |
| WEEZER | Band with the lyrics "When I was younger, I used to go and tip cows for fun, yeah / Actually, I didn't do that 'cause I didn't want the cow to be sad" |
| GETTHETSHIRT | Go there, do that and miss acting in torn theatre lights (3,3,1-5) |
| YELLOW | Colour of the maritime "Quebec" flag, once flown to signal quarantine but today means a vessel is healthy and requests free pratique (6) |
| BASKS | Lies enjoying the sun, and requests bandleader to be first (5) |
| TAPS | Pat's in trouble and requests money from someone (4) |
| DEADLYSIN | Send daily broadcast? Do that and be damned |
| PORTCULLIS | Type of medieval gate in the form of a latticed grille depicted on the coat of arms or logo of the U |
| ALCAPONE | Which gangster was behind the killing of seven members of Bugs Moran's gang in the St Valentine's Day massacre of 1929? (2,6) |
| GEORGE | King who instituted a decoration for bravery; a character in Joyce Grenfell's "don't do that" Nursery School monologue; or, a spoken word performer known as "the poet" (6) |
| NICOLASCAGE | Actor who plays Benjamin Franklin Gates in the National Treasure film: 2 wds. |
| LILYCOLE | 2004's model of the year who appeared in the St Trinian's movie (4,4) |
| INVITE | Request the pleasure of someone's company with summons? (6) |
| JONVOIGHT | Patrick Gates in the 2004 movie, National Treasure (3,6) |
| EMPRESS | ___ of Ireland aka 'canada's Titanic' (Ocean liner which sank in the St. lawrence in 1914) |
| ROGERMOORE | Actor whose TV roles include Simon Templar in The Saint and Lord Brett Sinclair in The Persuaders! |
| ENEMY | Word before "of the State" and "at the Gates," in movie titles |
| UNCHAINEDMELODY | Single famously recorded by the Righteous Brothers in 1965 and Gareth Gates in 2002 (9,6) |
