| INHERITANCETAX | Duty levied on the recipient of an estate (11,3) |
| RAHMAN | Popular Bollywood music director, also the recipient of an Academy Award for the movie Slumdog Millionaire (last name only) |
| DUTY | A tax levied on the import and export of goods (4) |
| TAX | What is levied on the cab one had left (3) |
| EXCISE | An internal tax or duty levied on certain commodities, such as liquor or tobacco. (6) |
| TARIFF | Customs duty levied on goods (6) |
| OCTROI | Duty levied on goods entering a town? (6) |
| TAXONOMY | Classification of duty levied in respect of old yacht |
| ORSONWELLES | 1970 recipient of an Honorary Oscar 'for superlative artistry and versatility in the creation of motion pictures' (5,6) |
| RESIDUE | What is the remains of an estate after the payment of debts and bequests? (7) |
| RELEASE | An acquittance, liberation or setting free; conveyance of an estate; a catch for holding or unclasping; or, a launch of an album, film, news item etc (7) |
| EPHESIANS | Recipients of an epistle, attributed to St Paul, that forms the tenth book of the New Testament (9) |
| BONO | Lead singer of Irish group U2; recipient of an honorary knighthood in 2007 |
| STEWARD | Person in charge of the affairs of an estate |
| RESIDUARY | Of the remainder of an estate |
| LAIRD | Member of the Scottish gentry, owner of an estate (5) |
| COETZEE | J.M. ___ Waiting for the Barbarians author who is the recipient of the 2003 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| DORIS | ___ Lessing The Golden Notebook author who is the recipient of the 2007 Nobel Prize in Literature |
| TOME | Apparently I am the recipient of the book (4) |
| TOMEI | The recipient of the 1993 Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, Marisa___(5) |