| IMPORTANCE | The ___ of Being Earnest, play by Oscar Wilde first performed in 1895 (10) |
| IDEAL | An ____ Husband, play by Oscar Wilde first performed in 1895 (5) |
| EARNEST | The Importance of Being ---, comedy by Oscar Wilde first performed in London on Valentine's Day 1895 (7) |
| ADVANTAGES | "One of the ___ of being disorderly is that one is constantly making new discoveries": A.A. Milne (10) |
| SALOME | Play by Oscar Wilde first produced in Paris in 1896 (6) |
| SUSPICIOUS | "Plagiarists are always _ of being stolen from": Samuel Taylor Coleridge (10) |
| AWOMAN | Comedy by Oscar Wilde, first produced in 1893 (1,5,2,2,10) |
| OFNOIMPORTANCE | Comedy by Oscar Wilde, first produced in 1893 (1,5,2,2,10) |
| CANDIDA | George Bernard Shaw stage play first performed in 1895 in South Shields |
| WALTZINGMATILDA | Australian folk song written by Banjo Patterson first performed in 1895 |
| MATILDA | Australian folk song written by Banjo Patterson first performed in 1895 (8,7) |
| WALTZING | Australian folk song written by Banjo Patterson first performed in 1895 (8,7) |
| THEIMPORTANCEOF | ____ Being Earnest, play that features Lady Augusta Bracknell (3,10,2) |
| 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) |
| IMPORTANCEOF | The ___, 1895 stage play by Oscar Wilde (10,2,5,7) |
| BURDENS | Tracy Bonham "The ___ of Being Upright" |
| PERKS | "The ___ of Being a Wallflower"; 2012 film |
| ANIDEALHUSBAND | 1895 play by Oscar Wilde featuring the character Sir Robert Chiltern, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs |
| BEINGEARNEST | The -, 1895 stage play by Oscar Wilde (5,7) |
| HUSBAND | See 8 Ac: 1895 stage play by Oscar Wilde (2,5,7) |