| THERIVALS | A play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan first performed in 1775 (3,6) |
| THECRITIC | A play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan |
| RIVALS | The ____, comedy of manners by Richard Brinsley Sheridan first performed in 1775 (6) |
| FORSCANDAL | Comedy by Richard Brinsley Sheridan first performed in London in 1777 (3,6,3,7) |
| THESCHOOL | And 22 Down Comedy by Richard Brinsley Sheridan first performed in London in 1777 (3,6,3,7) |
| LADYSNEERWELL | Leader of the titular School for Scandal in a 1777 play by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (4,9) |
| SCANDAL | 1777 comedy of manners by Richard Brinsley Sheridan, The School For _ (7) |
| SCHOOL | The _ For Scandal, Richard Brinsley Sheridan play first performed in 1777 (6) |
| LEXINGTON | In 1775 it was the scene of the first battle in War of American Independence (9) |
| SINCERE | "Those who vow the most are the least ___": Richard Brinsley Sheridan (7) |
| ANTHONYABSOLUTE | A wealthy baronet in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play The Rivals |
| MALAPROP | Character in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play The Rivals (8) |
| SHERIDAN | Irish playwright whose works include 1775's The Rivals, Richard Brinsley _ (8) |
| BUILDINGSOCIETY | Financial institution, the first of which was founded in Birmingham by Richard Ketley in 1775 (8,7) |
| PITCAIRN | 2014 stage play by Richard Bean about the mutineers of the Bounty led by Fletcher Christian (8) |
| JASPERWARE | A fine hard porcelain introduced by Josiah Wedgwood in 1775 (10) |
| THEANTIPODES | 1638 stage play by Richard Brome (3,9) |
| BENEDICTARNOLD | General in the American Revolution who failed in his calamitous attempt to capture Quebec City in 1775: 2 wds. |
| BUNKERHILL | Site of the first major battle of the American Revolution in 1775: 2 wds. |
| TICONDEROGA | Fort captured by the Green Mountain Boys in 1775 |
