| JOHNGAY | English playwright and poet of the early 18th century (4,3) |
| CONGREVE | William ---, English playwright and poet of the Restoration who influenced the comedy of manners genre (8) |
| MARYREAD | Female English pirate of the early 18th century (4,4) |
| JUVENAL | Satirical Roman poet of the early 2nd century (7) |
| EDGARALLANPOE | American author and poet of the early 1800's (5,5,3) |
| APRICOT | What fruit was spread from its native China in the early 18th Century by Spanish missionaries? (7) |
| MARLOWE | Christopher ___, influential English playwright and poet stabbed to death in a Deptford tavern in 1593 (7) |
| KEROUAC | Jack --, 1922-69, US novelist and poet of the Beat Generation (7) |
| MOHOCK | A member of a band of aristocratic ruffians in the early 18th century (6) |
| CALICOJACK | English pirate who operated in the Caribbean in the early 18th century (6,4) |
| ORRERY | Clockwork model of the solar system devised in the early 18th century (6) |
| MOIDORE | Portuguese gold coin current in early 18th-century England worth about 27 shillings (7) |
| FLECKER | Novelist, playwright and poet whose works include The Golden Journey to Samarkand, The Old Ships and Hassan (7) |
| ROCOCO | Style of architecture which originated in France in the early 18th century characterised by elaborate ornamentation (6) |
| MANTUA | An extravagant gown with a wide skirt and train worn at court in the early 18th Century (6) |
| KNELLER | Godfrey - - -, leading portraitist of the late 17th and early 18th Centuries, court painter to monarchs from Charles II to George I (7) |
| PRUSSIAN | --- blue, a dark blue pigment created in the early 18th century (8) |
| BENJONSON | English playwright and poet who was the first real poet laureate of England (3,6) |
| BENNETT | Alan _; English playwright and dramatist (7) |
| ABLEMAN | Paul "****". English playwright and author born in 1927 (7) |
