| WILDE | Irish poet and playwright and author of 'The Picture of Dorian Gray' (5) |
| OSCAR | Irish playwright and author of The Picture of Dorian Gray, ... Wilde (5) |
| PUSHKIN | Russian romantic poet, playwright and author of Eugene Onegin, Aleksandr ... |
| MILNE | Surname of the writer famous for The Picture of Dorian Gray, etc. (5) |
| OSCARWILDE | 1960 biographical film starring Robert Morley about the author of The Picture of Dorian Gray (5,5) |
| MAUVE | "Never trust a woman who wears ___" (line from "The Picture of Dorian Gray") |
| SYNGE | Irish poet and playwright whose plays are based on rural Irish life (5) |
| ANITA | - - - Loos, American screenwriter, playwright and author who wrote the novel Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (5) |
| YEATS | W B ___(1865-1939), Irish poet and playwright who won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1923 (5) |
| HECHT | Ben, playwright and author whose works include Gargoyles (5) |
| OPIUMDEN | Setting for part of "The Picture of Dorian Gray" |
| DUHAMEL | Josh ?, actor who played the title role in 2005 film drama The Picture of Dorian Gray (7) |
| WILDEGOOSECHASE | Frustrating search ("The Picture of Dorian Gray") |
| MACNEICE | Louis - - -, Irish poet and playwright, one of the Thirties Poets or Auden Group (8) |
| BURNETT | Frances Hodgson _, Britishamerican playwright and author who wrote the children's novel The Secret Garden (1911) |
| GRAY | The Picture of Dorian ___ 1980 gothic and philosophical novel by Oscar Wilde |
| SEAMUSHEANEY | Irish poet and playwright born in 1939 noted for translating Beowulf (6,6) |
| LOOS | Anita _, American screenwriter, playwright and author who wrote Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1925) |
| ABLEMAN | Paul "****". English playwright and author born in 1927 (7) |
| DETAIL | Part of the picture of army life (6) |
