| BRACKNELL | Lady Augusta .. ., Algy Moncrieff's aunt in The Importance of Being Earnest (9) |
| THEIMPORTANCEOF | ____ Being Earnest, play that features Lady Augusta Bracknell (3,10,2) |
| MISSPRISM | Governess in the Oscar Wilde play The Importance of Being Earnest (4,5) |
| UNDAUNTED | Intrepid day with aunt in the nude perhaps (9) |
| RUMINATES | Chews it over and meanwhile, my aunt's in the mire! (9) |
| FIONASHAW | Irish stage and screen actress who plays Harry’s aunt in the Harry Potter films |
| LADYBRACKNELL | Mother of Gwendolen Fairfax in The Importance of Being Earnest (4,9) |
| AMUSEMENT | "One must be serious about something, if one wants to have any ___ in life": "The Importance of Being Earnest" |
| HANDBAG | "A ___?!" - line spoken by Lady Bracknell in The Importance Of Being Earnest (1895) |
| ALGERNON | ____ Moncrieff, Lady Bracknell's nephew in The Importance Of Being Earnest (8) |
| LAETITIA | First name of Miss Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest (8) |
| EVANS | Actress Dame Edith ... took the role of Lady Bracknell in The Importance Of Being Earnest |
| SCALLYWAG | Algy claws excitable rogue (9) |
| PRISM | Female character in The Importance of Being Earnest - optical device (5) |
| 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" |
| SETGREATSTOREBY | Expression meaning 'to believe in the importance of' (3,5,5,2) |
| EDITHEVANS | Actress who played Lady Bracknell in the 1952 film The Importance of Being Earnest (5,5) |
| TONNEAU | Upset one aunt in the back of the car |
