| OFNOIMPORTANCE | 1893 play by Oscar Wilde whose characters include Mrs Arbuthnot and Lord Illingworth (1,5,2,2,10) |
| AWOMAN | 1893 play by Oscar Wilde whose characters include Mrs Arbuthnot and Lord Illingworth (1,5,2,2,10) |
| AWOMANOFNO | And 11. 1893 play by Oscar Wilde (1,5,2,2,10) |
| IMPORTANCE | 1893 play by Oscar Wilde (1,5,2,2,10) |
| OSCAR | Wilde whose last words were "Either this wallpaper goes or I do." |
| RAYBANS | Maybe Illingworth put on Boycott's sunscreen? (3-4) |
| UNTIL | Up to the time when Count Illingworth lies in |
| AWOMANOFNOIMPORTANCE | Play by Oscar Wilde |
| VIRGINIAWOOLF | English author whose novels include Mrs Dalloway and To the Lighthouse |
| PADUA | Immortalised in The Taming of the Shrew and a play by Oscar Wilde, city in Veneto where Livy was born and Galileo taught at its university (5) |
| SALOME | Play by Oscar Wilde forming basis for libretto of opera by Strauss (6) |
| WOOLF | Born Adeline Virginia Stephen in 1882, the novelist whose best-known works include Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, The Waves and the extended essay A Room of One's Own (5) |
| CORRI | Adrienne ___, actress whose roles include Mrs Alexander in 1971 film drama A Clockwork Orange (5) |
| GWEN | Actress whose film roles include Mrs. Big Nose in Monty Python's Life of Brian (4,6) |
| TAYLOR | Actress whose film roles include Mrs. Big Nose in Monty Python's Life of Brian (4,6) |
| PEGGY | English actress whose roles include Mrs Bumble in the 1968 film Oliver! (5,5) |
| MOUNT | English actress whose roles include Mrs Bumble in the 1968 film Oliver! (5,5) |
| SORCHA | --- Cusack, actress whose film roles include Mrs O'Neil in the 2000 film Snatch (6) |
| EARNEST | The Importance of Being -; shortened title of a play by Oscar Wilde (7) |
| IMPORTANCEOF | The ___, 1895 stage play by Oscar Wilde (10,2,5,7) |
