| LOTHARIO | 'Haughty, gallant' libertine in the 1702 play The Fair Penitent by English writer Nicholas Rowe (8) |
| GAYLOTHARIO | "...haughty gallant, ___?": N. Rowe |
| RAKE | A libertine in the garden? (4) |
| TWINRIVALS | "The ... ...", 1702 stage play by George Farquhar (4,6) |
| ROWE | "Lady Jane Grey" writer Nicholas |
| PILEGGI | "Wiseguy" writer Nicholas |
| SPARERIB | Feminist magazine begun in 1972 and launched by Rosie Boycott and Marsha Rowe (5,3) |
| LAWRENCE | West Indies batsman who made 302 against England in 1974, ... Rowe (8) |
| CASEWORK | Heard Drumm covered Rowe over work in social services (8) |
| INFAMOUS | Series of video games featuring Cole MacGrath, Delsin Rowe, and Abigail Walker |
| GREY | Lady Jane -; depicted in a play by Nicholas Rowe and a painting by Paul Delaroche, a queen for nine days before she was beheaded and replaced with Mary Tudor (4) |
| NICHOLASROWE | English author of plays including Tamerlane (1702) and The Fair Penitent (1703); Poet Laureate 1715-18 (8,4) |
| ELENI | 1985 title movie role for Canadian actress Kate Nelligan, based on the memoir by Greek author Nicholas Gage |
| MARRAKECH | African city reached by libertine in thirty-one days (9) |
| EVANS | "The Horse Whisperer" author Nicholas |
| MEYER | "The Seven-Per-Cent Solution" author Nicholas |
| MARRAKESH | Libertine in Slough or African city (9) |
| INTERMINABLE | Tedious man, libertine in need of reform |
| DEBAUCHER | Libertine in uniform somehow breached walls (9) |
| LORDMAYOR | Turns up, Doctor Rowe fairly welcomed by sovereign - the first citizen? (4,5) |
