| FANATICISM | Within such, the madness of maniac fits? (10) |
| BENNETT | Dramatist depicted in The Lady in the Van whose productions include the series of 12 monologues Talking Heads and the play The Madness of George III (7) |
| PSEUDONYMS | Spy mused on madness of false names being used to hide identities (10) |
| REGENCY | Periods of the Madness of King George when the Prince of Wales took over (7) |
| ALAN | _ Bennett, author of the 1991 play The Madness Of George III (4) |
| SKYSCRAPER | Term first applied to buildings such the Home Insurance Building, built in Chicago in 1885 |
| ALANBENNETT | English writer whose works include the plays The Madness Of George III and The History Boys (4,7) |
| ETON | School where part of "The Madness of King George" was filmed |
| IANHOLM | Bafta-nominated star of 1995's The Madness of King George (3,4) |
| STAMPEDE | Deem past the madness of the headlong rush (8) |
| NIGEL | Hawthorne of "The Madness of King George" |
| ALANBENNENT | Playwright whose works include The History Boys and The Madness Of George III (4,7) |
| MANIA | The madness of a chap with first-class upbringing (5) |
| MIRREN | Helen, actress who was Oscar-nominated for The Madness of King George (6) |
| SOMERSET | Maiden taken in by the madness of Orestes (8) |
| III | The Madness of George ___, Alan Bennett play (3) |
| GEORGEIII | King in a biopic whose title started "The Madness of ..." |
| ADAMSTOWN | The only settlement on, and as such, the capital of, the Pitcairn Islands |
| AMADEUS | 1984 movie with the tagline "The Man... The Music... The Madness... The Murder... The Motion Picture" |
| HISTORY | Past events; a chronological or dramatised account of such; the provenance of an antique, archaeological specimen or work of art; or, a person's background (7) |
