| ANTHONYABSOLUTE | A wealthy baronet in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play The Rivals |
| MALAPROP | Character in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play The Rivals (8) |
| MALAPROPISM | The unintentional misuse of a word, named after a character in Sheridan's play The Rivals |
| ABSOLUTE | Sir Anthony, character in Sheridan's play The Rivals (8) |
| SHERIDAN | Author of the 1775 play The Rivals, Richard Brinsley _ (8) |
| LADYTEAZLE | Wife of Sir Peter in Sheridan's play The School for Scandal (4,6) |
| THERIVALS | A play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan first performed in 1775 (3,6) |
| SCHOOL | The _ For Scandal, Richard Brinsley Sheridan play first performed in 1777 (6) |
| THECRITIC | A play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan |
| SINCERE | "Those who vow the most are the least ___": Richard Brinsley Sheridan (7) |
| RIVALS | The ---, comedy of manners by Richard Brinsley Sheridan featuring the character Mrs Malaprop (6) |
| ARRIVAL | A character in Sheridan's play said to be coming |
| MRSMALAPROP | Who in Sheridan's 1775 play The Rivals was noted for her verbal blunders? (3,8) |
| FORSCANDAL | Comedy by Richard Brinsley Sheridan first performed in London in 1777 (3,6,3,7) |
| SCANDAL | 1777 comedy of manners by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School For _ (7) |
| ABBOT | Community leader - a baronet - in bad odour? The opposite |
| LADYSNEERWELL | Leader of the titular School for Scandal in a 1777 play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (4,9) |
| GREENGAGES | Imported from France to Britain by a baronet in 1724, stone fruits related to plums, damsons and mirabelles (10) |
| SUBTLETY | Posh baronet in cultivated style shows refinement |
| OBTUSE | Stupid baronet in river (6) |
