| MISSPRISM | Governess in the Oscar Wilde play The Importance of Being Earnest (4,5) |
| LADYHUNSTANTON | Character in the Oscar Wilde play 'A Woman of No Importance' (4,10) |
| IDEAL | Lady Chiltern's type of spouse in the Oscar Wilde comedy, An ... Husband |
| EARNEST | What completes the title of the Oscar Wilde play The Importance of Being ___? (7) |
| BRACKNELL | Lady -; Gwendolen's mother in Oscar Wilde's comic play The Importance of Being Earnest (9) |
| OFBEING | Oscar Wilde play, The Importance...Earnest (2,5) |
| IMPORTANCE | Classic Oscar Wilde play, The -------- of Being Earnest (10) |
| LADYBRACKNELL | Character who delivers the line "A handbag?" in Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest |
| AUGUSTA | Lady -- Bracknell, character in Oscar Wilde's play 'The Importance of Being Earnest' (7) |
| AGNESGREY | A grand energy's renewed governess in work |
| HOOTNANNY | Hilarious performance with governess in informal American concert (9) |
| NURSEMAID | Governess in series about rebellious ladies securing independence (9) |
| PRISM | Miss ___, governess in the Importance of Being Earnest" (5) |
| OSCARWILDE | Irish writer and aesthete who wrote the play The Importance Of Being Earnest (5,5) |
| KERR | Governess in "The King and I" |
| THREE | "Which one will the fountain bless?" asked Frank Sinatra in the Oscar-winning song, ... Coins In The |
| BEING | The Importance of ___ Earnest, Oscar Wilde play (5) |
| SALOME | The "dance of the seven veils" is depicted in which Oscar Wilde play? (6) |
| BRIDGEON | Alec Guinness, William Holden and Jack Hawkins all feature in the Oscar-winning 1957 film, The ... The River Kwai (6,2) |
| ELKE | Sommer who starred in "The Oscar" but has never won an Oscar |
