| ALGERNON | -- Moncrieff, character in 'The Importance of Being Earnest' (8) |
| LAETITIA | First name of Miss Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest (8) |
| PRISM | Female character in The Importance of Being Earnest - optical device (5) |
| BRACKNELL | Lady ---, character in The Importance of Being Earnest (9) |
| LADYBRACKNELL | Character in The Importance of Being Earnest (4,9) |
| HANDBAG | In The Importance of Being Earnest, baby Jack is left at Victoria Station in this (7) |
| JUDI | ___ Dench, 14A's co-star in The Importance Of Being Earnest (4) |
| FAIRFAX | Gwendolen's surname in The Importance of Being Earnest (7) |
| ERNEST | Worthing in "The Importance of Being Earnest" |
| EVANS | Actress Dame Edith ... took the role of Lady Bracknell in The Importance Of Being Earnest |
| DENISON | Michael ?, actor who played Algernon Moncrieff in 1952 film comedy The Importance of Being Earnest |
| SETGREATSTOREBY | Expression meaning 'to believe in the importance of' (3,5,5,2) |
| IMPORTANCE | The - of Being Earnest; Oscar Wilde's play with characters including Algernon Moncrieff, Gwendolen Fairfax and Lady Bracknell (10) |
| OUR | Gladys Moncrieff went from being the child performer, 'Little Gladys - the Australian Wonder Child' to 'Australia's Queen of Song' and, finally, to '... Glad' |
| MISSPRISM | Governess in the Oscar Wilde play The Importance of Being Earnest (4,5) |
| OSCARWILDE | Irish playwright who created the character Algernon Moncrieff (5,5) |
| AUGUSTA | Lady -- Bracknell, character in Oscar Wilde's play 'The Importance of Being Earnest' (7) |
| EDITHEVANS | Actress who played Lady Bracknell in the 1952 film The Importance of Being Earnest (5,5) |
| TRIFLER | Pudding that's right for one unaware of "The Importance of Being Earnest"? |
| GLAD | Delighted in our Ms Moncrieff |
