| EMILYDICKINSON | 19th-century US poet whose works include Wild Nights - Wild Nights! |
| EMILY | 19th-century US poet whose works include Wild Nights - Wild Nights! (5,9) |
| DICKINSON | 19th-century US poet whose works include Wild Nights - Wild Nights! (5,9) |
| WHITMAN | Walt, 19th-century US poet whose works include I Sing The Body Electric (7) |
| LONGFELLOW | 19th century US poet |
| EMERSON | Ralph Waldo, 19th Century US poet (7) |
| HITMAN | Nineteenth century US poet had head blown off by assassin |
| POUND | Ezra ?, US poet whose works include 1920's Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (5) |
| EZRA | US poet whose works include 1920's Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (4,5) |
| RALPH | N Waldo Emerson, nineteenth century US poet |
| AXE | Body spray band whose varieties include Wild Bamboo and Anarchy |
| OGDEN | _ Nash, 20th-century US poet famed for his light verse (5) |
| OGDENNASH | 20th-century US poet known for his pithy and funny light verse (5,4) |
| SERENGETI | Determined to include wild green island in African ecosystem |
| ALLGOODTHINGS | Wholly splendid wild nights to stop - enjoyment never lasts (3,4,6,4,2,2,3) |
| SEESTHINGS | Imagines wild nights after appropriate broadcast (4,6) |
| TILER | Having some wild nights on the tiles or on the roof |
| THINGS | Wild nights aren't what they used to be (6) |
| POOR | Political leaders' alternative wild nights making 8Dn work (4,6) |
| LATECOMER | I'm behind schedule for La Mer, which includes wild brief love etc (9) |
