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5: “There are good poets in England, but none in Switzerland. There the ___ are too high. Art cannot add to nature.” (“Art and Aesthetics”, Denver Tribune, 13 April 1882 , 8)

8: “If you ask nine-tenths of the British Public what is the meaning of the word aesthetics, they will tell you it is the French for affectation or the German for ___” (The English Renaissance of Art , 4)

9: Charles ___, designer and decorator of A House of Pomegranates (8)

10: Wilde’s was insolvent until 1906 (6)

11: ___ Sherard, Wilde’s most prolific biographer (6)

13: A person who instructs, often with a moral message, (and who, according to Wilde, would find it “almost impossible” to be “delightful”) (Literary and Other Notes-II, Woman's World, December 1887 , 6)

15: How the Happy Prince appeared to the mayor (The Happy Prince , 6)

16: “The majority of people spoil their lives by an unhealthy and exaggerated ___” (The Soul of Man Under Socialism , 8)

18: A handbag! (4)

19: Address of the police station where Wilde spent his first night in a prison cell (3,6)

1: “New York is a very good place to stop for one’s dinner on one’s way to ___” (“Oscar Wilde’s Opinion of America”, Lancaster Daily Intelligencer, 20 December 1882, p2 , 8)

2: According to Vivian, the proper aim of Art is the telling of things that are beautiful and ___ (The Decay of Lying , 6)

3: A job for Salomé? (6)

4: A House Beautiful should contain furniture fit for this queen (4)

6: A region of New York toured by Wilde in August 1882 (9)

7: Victorian prison fare, made from “coarse Indian meal” (Letter to the editor of The Chronicle, 27 May 1897 , 9)

12: An ideal trap to spring on Mrs. Cheveley? (An Ideal Husband , 8)

14: Wilde, suffering with flu, was “unable to sleep, and tortured by ___” (De Profundis [unexpurgated], 6)

15: How the Tetrarch appeared to the soldiers (Vera , 6)

17: Where the adder bites the gallows-tree (The Ballad of Reading Gaol , 4)

5: Large hills (9)

8: Lower part of a wall (4)

9: Charles ___, British artist, designer, and collaborator of Charles Shannon (8)

10: Assets at the time of death (6)

11: ___ the Bruce, Scottish King (6)

13: One who instructs, often with a moral message (6)

15: In poor condition through long use or lack of care (6)

16: Selfless concern for the well-being of others (8)

18: Small ornamental case (4)

19: Thoroughfare in Covent Garden (3,6)

1: Second largest city in Japan (8)

2: False, incorrect (6)

3: One who moves to music (6)

4: ___ Hathaway, wife of William Shakespeare (4)

6: A mountainous region of southeastern New York (9)

7: Irish porridge made from oatmeal or cornmeal (9)

12: Article of jewellery worn around the wrist (8)

14: Ardent desire (6)

15: Of a serious mien, grave (6)

17: Part of a plant (4)