| WILDE | He was a witty, erudite playwright who wrote The Importance of Being Earnest. |
| OSCARWILDE | Irish writer and aesthete who wrote the play The Importance Of Being Earnest (5,5) |
| LADYBRACKNELL | Character who delivers the line "A handbag?" in Oscar Wilde's play The Importance of Being Earnest |
| BRECHTIAN | Suggestive of the style of the playwright who wrote The Caucasian Chalk Circle (9) |
| EVANS | Edith ---, actress who memorably played Lady Bracknell in the 1952 film version of The Importance Of Being Earnest (5) |
| EDITHEVANS | Actress who played Lady Bracknell in the 1952 film The Importance of Being Earnest (5,5) |
| ALGERNON | First name of Mr Moncrieff, a character in The Importance of Being Earnest (8) |
| BRECHT | Bertolt, the German playwright who wrote the text of The Threepenny Opera (6) |
| MISSPRISM | Governess in the Oscar Wilde play The Importance of Being Earnest (4,5) |
| BRACKNELL | Lady ---, aunt of Algernon Moncrieff in Oscar Wilde's The Importance Of Being Earnest (9) |
| TRIFLER | Pudding that's right for one unaware of "The Importance of Being Earnest"? |
| HANDBAG | "A ___?!" - line spoken by Lady Bracknell in The Importance Of Being Earnest (1895) |
| DENISON | Michael ?, actor who played Algernon Moncrieff in 1952 film comedy The Importance of Being Earnest |
| LAETITIA | First name of Miss Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest (8) |
| BENNETT | Actor, author and playwright who wrote the screenplay to the film based on his life The Lady in the Van (7) |
| SEAN | Irish playwright who wrote "The Shadow of a Gunman" |
| SEANOCASEY | Irish playwright who wrote "The Shadow of a Gunman" |
| SORKIN | Aaron, playwright who wrote the screenplay for the 2010 film The Social Network (6) |
| PINTER | Harold ****** , playwright who wrote the screenplay for the 1963 film 'The Servant' (6) |
| OSCAR | The Importance Of Being Earnest playwright, ... Wilde |
