| LIFEIMITATESART | Start of a quote by Oscar Wilde |
| THISSUSPENSEIS | Start of a quote by Oscar Wilde |
| TOLOVEONESELFIS | Start of a thought by Oscar Wilde |
| HEARNOEVILSPEAK | Start of a quip by Oscar Wilde: 4 wds. |
| EARNEST | The Importance of Being -; shortened title of a play by Oscar Wilde (7) |
| CONNEMARA | Described by Oscar Wilde as a "savage beauty", a mountainous coastal region of Galway bordering the |
| IMPORTANCE | The - of Being Earnest; play by Oscar Wilde that was adapted into a film by Anthony Asquith in 1952 (10) |
| DORIAN | The Picture of ___ Gray gothic novel by Oscar Wilde which tells the story of a man and his unusual portrait |
| DECAY | The ___ of Lying - An Observation 1891 essay by Oscar Wilde which is included in his collection of essays Intentions |
| 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 | One-act tragedy by Oscar Wilde based on the biblical story of the step-daughter of Herod Antipas (6) |
| DEPROFUNDIS | Title of a letter written by Oscar Wilde during his imprisonment in Reading Gaol (2,9) |
| READING | The Ballad of ___ Gaol: poem written by Oscar Wilde after serving a two-year prison sentence (7) |
| DORIANGRAY | 'The Picture of ---', novel by Oscar Wilde (6,4) |
| READINGGAOL | The Ballad Of _ _, poem by Oscar Wilde (7,4) |
| GRAY | The Picture of Dorian ___ 1980 gothic and philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde |
| PRINCE | The Happy ___ and Other Tales 1888 collection of short stories for children by Oscar Wilde |
| FAN | Lady Windermere's -; one of the plays written by Oscar Wilde (3) |
| GAOL | The Ballad Of Reading ____, poem by Oscar Wilde published in 1898 (4) |
| IDEAL | An ___ Husband, 1999 film starring Rupert Everett based on a play by Oscar Wilde (5) |
