| IMPORTANCE | The ___ Of Being Earnest, play whose characters include Lady Bracknell and Miss Prism (10) |
| OSCARWILDE | Irish wit, poet and dramatist who created the characters Lady Bracknell and Miss Prism (5,5) |
| AFAIRQUARREL | Thomas Middleton and William Rowley tragicomedy published in 1617 whose characters include Lady Ager |
| LAETITIA | First name of Miss Prism in The Importance of Being Earnest (8) |
| EDITHEVANS | Actress who played Lady Bracknell in the 1952 film The Importance of Being Earnest (5,5) |
| ADVANTAGES | "One of the ___ of being disorderly is that one is constantly making new discoveries": A.A. Milne (10) |
| SUSPICIOUS | "Plagiarists are always _ of being stolen from": Samuel Taylor Coleridge (10) |
| GRANDEDAME | Ranked first by setter, name entered for Lady Bracknell, say (6,4) |
| THEIMPORTANCEOF | ____ Being Earnest, play that features Lady Augusta Bracknell (3,10,2) |
| EVANS | Edith ---, actress who memorably played Lady Bracknell in the 1952 film version of The Importance Of Being Earnest (5) |
| AUGUSTA | Lady -- Bracknell, character in Oscar Wilde's play 'The Importance of Being Earnest' (7) |
| TWELFTH | William Shakespeare play whose characters include Valentine and Curio (7,5) |
| MUCHADOABOUT | William Shakespeare play whose characters include Don John and Don Pedro (4,3,5,7) |
| COLLIER | Artist in the Pre-Raphaelite style whose paintings include Lady Godiva, Tannhauser In the Venusberg, The Sleeping Beauty and The Amber Necklace (7) |
| HANDBAG | "A ___?!" - line spoken by Lady Bracknell in The Importance Of Being Earnest (1895) |
| EARNEST | The Importance of Being ____ , play in which Lady Bracknell is a leading character (7) |
| HOWARD | Bryce Dallas ___, actor whose films include Lady in the Water and The Help (6) |
| WILDE | Oscar -; poet, playwright and novelist whose character Lady Bracknell has been portrayed by Edith Evans and Judi Dench (5) |
| KARENDUNBAR | She is to play Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde's play at the Perth Theatre (5,6) |
| ATHENS | Shakespeare play whose characters include Alcibiades (5,2,6) |
