| THEOWL | (and 18 across, 19 across) Nonsense poem published in 1871 (3,3) |
| CORE | 17-Across + 18-Across = 19-Across |
| AUTUMN | To ___ , Keats poem published in 1820 (6) |
| WALRUS | The ____ and the Carpenter, narrative poem by Lewis Carroll first published in 1871 (6) |
| BEWARE | '- the Jabberwock, my son!', warning in Lewis Carroll's 1871 nonsense poem (6) |
| GOBLIN | ___ Market, Christina Rossetti's narrative poem, published 1862 (6) |
| POBBLE | The -, Edward Lear nonsense poem in 1877 volume Laughable Lyrics featuring the character Aunt Jobiska (6,3,3,2,4) |
| BOOJUM | Animal that the Snark turned out to be in Lewis Carroll's 1876 nonsense poem The Hunting Of The Snark (6) |
| JUBJUB | Bird that's a dangerous creature in Lewis Carroll's nonsense poems (6) |
| BEASTS | Transformers: 2023 sequel starring 10 Across, 19 Across, 28 Across, and 18 Down (4,2,3,6) |
| TOAMOUSE | Common name for Robert Burns's poem published in Scots in 1786 (2,1,5) |
| JELLICLE | ____ Cats, fictitious felines described by T.S. Eliot in a poem published in 1939 (8) |
| AGNES | John Keats' poem published in 1820, The Eve of St ... |
| MAB | Queen -; Percy Bysshe Shelley poem, published in 1813 (3) |
| DECORUM | Dulce et _ est, Wilfred Owen war poem published in 1920 (7) |
| ITOO | Langston Hughes poem published in "The Weary Blues" |
| SEAFEVER | Maritime Masefield poem published in 1902 (3,5) |
| MAGGIE | The _, animated sitcom family made up of 16 Across, 19 Across, 3 Down, 9 Down and 25 Down (8) |
| LADY | ___ Susan Jane Austen's short epistolary novel which was published in 1871 and features characters like Charles and Catherine Vernon: 2 wds. |
| LUPERCAL | Ted Hughes' second collection of poems, published in 1960 (8) |
