| MCGONAGALL | Minerva -; head of Gryffindor played by Maggie Smith in the Harry Potter films (10) |
| VIOLET | Dowager countess played by Maggie Smith in Downton Abbey (6) |
| AUGUSTA | Character in Graham Greene's Travels with My Aunt, depicted by Maggie Smith in a 1972 film adaptatio |
| DEATHONTHENILE | The roles played by Maggie Smith and Bette Davis in the first film of this Agatha Christie book were played by Dawn French and Jennifer Saunders in the second. |
| DOWAGER | - Countess of Grantham; title of the Downton Abbey character Violet Crawley played by Maggie Smith ( |
| WARRINGTON | Town on the River Mersey; Don --, actor who played Philip Smith in the TV sitcom 'Rising Damp' (10) |
| MINERVAMCGONAGALL | Harry Potter headmistress played by Maggie Smith |
| LION | Animal symbol of the house of Gryffindor in J. K. Rowling's Harry Potter series (4) |
| REGINAKING | Watchmen actress who plays Trudy Smith in The Harder They Fall: 2 wds. |
| HUFFLEPUFF | *House opposite Gryffindor, Ravenclaw and Slytherin |
| JANICE | ____ Hosenstein, Chandler's girlfriend in Friends, played by Maggie Wheeler (6) |
| GODRIC | ___ Gryffindor, one of the four Hogwarts founders in Harry Potter (6) |
| POTTER | A ceramist or thrower; a dilly-dally, muck about or tinker; or, a Hogwartian wizard of the House of Gryffindor (6) |
| PRIME | The _ of Miss Jean Brodie; novel by Muriel Spark that was adapted into a film with Maggie Smith in 1969 (5) |
| RON | Weasley of Gryffindor |
| GOSFORD | 'Bought marmalade? Oh dear, I call that very feeble,' complained Maggie Smith in Robert Altman's ... |
| DRE | ___ Parker character played by Jaden Smith in the 2010 film The Karate Kid |
| CHRISTMASCAKE | Was first prize for Smith in the sack race at the end of the year (9,4) |
| NANA | Character played by Liz Smith in the comedy series The Royle Family (4) |
| FINNIGAN | Gryffindor student and best friend of Dean Thomas, portrayed by Devon Murray, Seamus - (8) |
