| SHROPSHIRE | A ___ Lad (1896 collection of AE Housman poems) (10) |
| ASHROPSHIRELAD | 1896 collection of sixty-three poems, most of which have been set to music |
| HOUSMAN | A(lfred) E(dward) ___, English poet best remembered for the 1896 collection A Shropshire Lad (7) |
| HENRY | Australian author of 1896 collection While the Billy Boils (5,6) |
| LAD | A Shropshire ___, collection of poems by AE Housman |
| BROMSGROVE | Worcestershire town, birthplace of the poet A E Housman (10) |
| ERETO | "___ the wind's twelve quarters I take my endless way"--AE Housman |
| THELADS | "____ in their hundreds to Ludlow come in for the fair" (AE Housman) |
| WENLOCKEDGE | Limestone escarpment in Shropshire, celebrated by AE Housman and Vaughan Williams (7,4) |
| DIFFUGERE | & 22 The snows are fled away, Horace Odes 4.7.1 (trans. AE Housman) [two-word answer] |
| PERCEPTIVE | Keen for prisoner to get transfer for A'E |
| HEARTWRUNG | "Deep in ___ tears I'll pledge thee" (Ae Fond Kiss, Robert Burns) |
| TOAN | 1896 A.e. housman poem, ___ ___ Athlete Dying Young |
| WENLOCK | On - - - Edge the wood's in trouble, Housman poem |
| WASA | "When I ___ lad..."; start of grandpa's tale |
| WALTZINGMATILDA | Easy task ___ lad timing a sad song (8,7) |
| ERIN | "___, lad" (apt anagram for a UN member) |
| LARD | ___ Lad (Simpsons eatery with a donut-wielding mascot) |
| TERRAE | Filius ____: lad of the land |
| IWASA | When ___ Lad" ("H.M.S. Pinafore" song) |
