| PHILIPLARKIN | 20th Century English poet who wrote The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows (6,6) |
| PHILIP | 20th Century English poet who wrote The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows (6,6) |
| LARKIN | Poet who wrote The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows (6) |
| STEVIESMITH | 20th-century English poet and novelist who wrote Not Waving But Drowning (6,5) |
| GERARDMANLEY | and 4dn, 19th-century English poet who coined the term sprung rhythm |
| DAYS | Philip Larkin poem included in The Whitsun Weddings (4) |
| BROWNING | Robert _, 19th-century English poet who wrote The Ring And The Book (8) |
| JAMES | and 21dn,19th-century English poet who coined the term sprung rhythm |
| QUARLES | Francis ___, 17th-century English poet who wrote 'A Feast for Worms' |
| HOPKINS | see 22ac, 19th-century English poet who coined the term sprung rhythm |
| CHAUCER | Fourteenth-century English poet who introduced rhyme royal, a rhyme scheme of the form ABABBCC |
| GEORGIAN | Name given to a group of early 20th century English poets (8) |
| CHANDLER | Raymond -; author whose novels including The Big Sleep and The High Window feature private eye Philip Marlowe (8) |
| FANLIGHTS | High windows for light and ventilation (9) |
| CUTGRASS | Last but one poem in Philip Larkin's 1974 collection High Windows (3,5) |
| OPERATINGSYSTEM | Work time, set my things in order - no high Windows, perhaps (9,6) |
| SKYLIT | Like rooms with high windows |
| VIEW | You get a good ___ from a high window (4) |
| TERMINUS | After reflection during Whitsun, I'm retiring -- end of the line (8) |
| SKYLIGHT | High window |
