| EARNEST | The Importance of Being ____ , play first performed in 1895 in which Lady Bracknell features (7) |
| CANDIDA | George Bernard Shaw stage play first performed in 1895 in South Shields (7) |
| HONOR | Has the ___ (plays first) |
| AUGUSTA | Lady -- Bracknell, character in Oscar Wilde's play 'The Importance of Being Earnest' (7) |
| HANDBAG | "A ___?!" - line spoken by Lady Bracknell in The Importance Of Being Earnest (1895) |
| MATILDA | Australian folk song written by Banjo Patterson first performed in 1895 (8,7) |
| OLDMAID | Card game in which lady regularly entering suit withdrawing, for the most part (3,4) |
| YEARNTO | "Only those who have denied their being ___ play at it" (Ursula K. Le Guin, "The Lathe of Heaven") |
| ANTIGEN | Biological substance with which lady ensnares cat without tail (7) |
| IMPORTANCE | The ___ of Being Earnest, play by Oscar Wilde first performed in 1895 (10) |
| EVANS | Edith ---, actress who memorably played Lady Bracknell in the 1952 film version of The Importance Of Being Earnest (5) |
| EDITHEVANS | Actress who played Lady Bracknell in the 1952 film The Importance of Being Earnest (5,5) |
| BRACKNELL | Which Lady has a central role in Oscar Wilde's the Importance of Being Earnest? (9) |
| WALTZING | Australian folk song written by Banjo Patterson first performed in 1895 (8,7) |
| ASTARISBORN | 2018 film in which Lady Gaga performed "I'll Never Love Again" |
| IDEAL | An ____ Husband, play by Oscar Wilde first performed in 1895 (5) |
| REEBOK | Sportswear company founded in 1895 in Bolton, Lancashire as J.W. Foster and Sons (6) |
| JOHNDIEFENBAKER | Prime Minister who was born in 1895 in Neustadt, Ontario: 2 wds. |
| KARENDUNBAR | She is to play Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde's play at the Perth Theatre (5,6) |
| WALTZINGMATILDA | Australian folk song written by Banjo Patterson first performed in 1895 |
