| WALTWHITMAN | American poet best known for Leaves of Grass |
| LONGFELLOW | Henry Wadsworth ___, American poet best known for The Song of Hiawatha |
| ALLENGINSBERG | American poet best known for Howl |
| SABBATICAL | Inflamed receiving account pop group's up for leave of absence (10) |
| EXEAT | Former country pile lacking sun for leave of absence (5) |
| FITZGERALD | Poet best known for his translation of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (10) |
| BINYON | English poet best known for his composition For the Fallen containing the line "We will remember the |
| SAMUELBECKETT | Irish writer, dramatist and poet best known for his play, Waiting For Godot (6,7) |
| HOOD | Thomas ___ (1799 - 1845), London-born poet, best known for The Bridge of Sighs (4) |
| ANGELOU | Maya ___, American author and poet best known for I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings |
| CLARE | John ___ (1793 - 1864), English poet, best known for his celebrations of the countryside (5) |
| JOHNKEATS | English Romantic poet best known for 1820's Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St Agnes and Other Poems (4,5) |
| SAMUELTAYLORCOLERIDGE | English poet best known for The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan |
| NOYES | Poet best known for "The Highwayman" |
| GRAY | Poet best known for Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard (4) |
| BUNTING | Basil ___, poet best known for the 1965 work Briggflatts (7) |
| AEHOUSMAN | English poet best known for A Shropshire Lad (1,1,7) |
| THOMASGRAY | English poet best known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard |
| VIRGIL | Roman poet best known for the Aeneid |
| SPENSER | Edmund - - -, 16th Century English poet best known for The Faerie Queene (7) |
