| CAMBRIDGESHIRE | Ah, crime disguised involving a poet, and where |
| NOTEPAD | Fantastic poet and where one might write |
| TREASON | Crime disguised in monastery, away from outsiders (7) |
| BROWN | Artist who painted The Last of England and Work ; or, a poet and novelist whose books including Greenvoe and Magnus reflect his homeland Orkney (5) |
| ARNOLD | A naval officer, at first, had long day with a poet and critic (6) |
| ORPHEUS | In Greek myths, a poet and lyre player who married Eurydice and sought her in Hades after her death (7) |
| SOAPOPERA | A poet and artist following true drama series (4,5) |
| ROSSETTI | Sister to possibly a poet and painter |
| MESOPOTAMIAN | Old Asian's son, a poet and imam, perhaps |
| GUYBUTLER | Manservant becomes a poet and playwright (3,6) |
| OPIATE | I meet a poet and it makes me sleepy (6) |
| ADOPTED | Dad met a poet and took him into the family (7) |
| HAMILTON | Hotel with a poet and US musical (8) |
| CRABBE | A poet and entomologist noted for The Village whose Marsh Flowers became one of Benjamin Britten's Five Flower Songs (6) |
| AROUNDTHEBLOCK | Where a dog-walker might go (and where a message is hidden in this puzzle) |
| ABODE | It's a poem to a sailor and where he lives (5) |
| BRIGAND | A ship's lockup and where such a criminal should be (7) |
| HUNDRED | - Acre Wood; fictional land created by A. A. Milne, home to Pooh Bear's House, Bee Tree, Six Pine Trees and Where the Woozle Wasn't (7) |
| COUNTERTOP | Sometimes-granite surface, and a hint at what to add to this grid and where |
| BELLBOTTOM | '70s pant leg shape, and a hint at what to add to this grid and where |
