| EDGARGUEST | American poet who wrote "Only a Dad" and "It Couldn't Be Done" |
| IDEAL | Has laid out one's first Euro, and it couldn't be better (5) |
| INTER | Between pa and it, there's a rope (5) |
| THEYSAID | "___ It Couldn't Be Done": book about '69 N.Y. Mets |
| THEY | "___ said it couldn't be done!" |
| EDGARALLANPOE | American poet who wrote ' The Raven' and went to school in Irvine for a short period (5,5,3) |
| WALTWHITMAN | American poet who wrote O Captain! My Captain! about the death of Abraham Lincoln (4,7) |
| OGDEN | 20th-century American poet who wrote over 500 light verse pieces, _ Nash (5) |
| NADER | Ralph who wrote "Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us!" |
| STEEL | Danielle who wrote "Only the Brave" |
| UNDER | If left on by 6, it couldn't be off the wall, could it? Could be a slip, couldn't it? (9) |
| COAT | If left on by 6, it couldn't be off the wall, could it? Could be a slip, couldn't it? (9) |
| GAP | Generation ___ (between a dad and son e.g.) |
| ADAM | A dad and mom primarily made first man (4) |
| JAMESBALDWIN | Expat Afro-American poet who spent much of his life in Paris. His novels, essays, and activism solidify him as a crucial figure in the Harlem Renaissance movement. |
| PERFECT | It's tense, but it couldn't be better (7) |
| EZRAPOUND | *Expatriate American poet who was a WWII fascist collaborator |
| TSELIOT | American poet who became a British citizen in 1927 |
| EZRA | __ Pound, American poet who collaborated with Hitler and Mussolini (4) |
| MAMMAMIA | 2008 movie with the line "You wait 20 years for a dad and then three come along at once" (2 wds.) |
