| EPICPOEM | The Song of Hiawatha, say, and English film by US writer, male |
| LONDONISM | Rhyming slang, say, is included by US author, male (9) |
| LONGFELLOW | Poet remembered for narratives and ballads including The Wreck of the Hesperus, The Village Blacksmith and his epic The Song of Hiawatha (10) |
| NOKOMIS | Saskatchewan town sharing the name of the 'Daughter of the Moon' in Longfellow's epic poem The Song of Hiawatha |
| MINNEHAHA | Wife of Hiawatha in Longfellow's 'The Song of Hiawatha' (9) |
| ELPHABA | Titular protagonist of the 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by US author Gregory Maguire (7,6) |
| THROPP | Titular protagonist of the 1995 novel Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West by US author Gregory Maguire (7,6) |
| OSSEO | 'Son of the Evening Star' in Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's epic 1855 poem The Song of Hiawatha |
| WENONAH | Hiawatha's mother in Longfellow's poem 'The Song of Hiawatha' (7) |
| VANITIES | The Bonfire of the --------, a 1987 satirical novel by US writer Tom Wolfe (8) |
| HENRYLONGFELLOW | "The Song of Hiawatha" writer |
| KHALEESI | Dothraki title for a queen in the fantasy series A Song of Ice and Fire by US author George R. R. Martin, borne by the character Daenerys Targaryen (8) |
| HAMILTON | 2015 Broadway musical by US writer, singer and director Lin-Manuel Miranda; winner of the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama (8) |
| POETASTER | Sample provided by US writer, a writer of inferior verse (9) |
| BARDO | Lincoln In The _, novel by US writer George Saunders which won the 2017 Booker Prize (5) |
| MINIM | In after medicine, the writer (male) gets the smallest measure (5) |
| OJIBWA | "The Song of Hiawatha" people |
| OJIBWAS | "The Song of Hiawatha" tribe |
| NATTY | Hero of the five novels of the Leatherstocking Tales by US author James Fenimore Cooper, published between 1823 and 1841 (5,6) |
| BUMPPO | Hero of the five novels of the Leatherstocking Tales by US author James Fenimore Cooper, published between 1823 and 1841 (5,6) |
