| LUMPKIN | Tony, central character in the Oliver Goldsmith play She Stoops to Conquer (7) |
| CHARLIE | And 11 Across Actor who starred as Bud Fox in the Oliver Stone film Wall Street (7,5) |
| TWIST | Unexpected turn in the Oliver tale (5) |
| GOLDSMITH | Oliver, author of the play She Stoops to Conquer (9) |
| CONQUER | She Stoops To ___, comedy written in 1773 by Oliver Goldsmith (7) |
| OLIVERGOLDSMITH | Writer of the play, She Stoops to Conquer (6,9) |
| DICKENS | Victorian novelist Charles John Huffam, whose pen name, "Boz", was inspired by Moses in Oliver Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefield (7) |
| SHAPELY | Well-formed play she composed (7) |
| SHE | "___ Stoops to Conquer" (Oliver Goldsmith play) |
| STOOPS | 'She ___ to Conquer', Oliver Goldsmith play (6) |
| OLIVER | - Goldsmith (She Stoops to Conquer) |
| BIRDOFPREY | 'She Stoops to Conquer' a hobby perhaps? (4,2,4) |
| STOOPSTO | "She ___ Conquer" (Oliver Goldsmith play) |
| PEREGRINEFALCON | 'She Stoops to Conquer'? (9,6) |
| CHARLESPRIMROSE | The vicar in Oliver Goldsmith's novel 'The Vicar of Wakefield' (7,8) |
| SHESTOOPSTOCONQUER | Charles Marlow is the central character of this Oliver Goldsmith comedy |
| THEVICAROFWAKEFIELD | 1766 novel by Oliver Goldsmith whose central character is Dr Primrose |
| WINTERBOTTOM | The Oliver who designed the TVR Tasmin (12) |
| TWISTANDSHOUT | Beatles song that would be apt for the "Oliver!" score? |
| INACTIVE | Late in play she finally becomes idle |
