| SUSPENSE | Apprehension to prosecute former poet after repeated cuts (8) |
| WHITTLE | Jets designer had to make repeated cuts |
| GANGSTER | Criminal's apprehension to take place in Germany (8) |
| ALLAY | Put an apprehension to bed |
| ACACIA | State after repeated account, it's a plant |
| TATAR | Right after repeated thanks (5) |
| PROPOUND | Offer for consideration by poet after support's curtailed (8) |
| BETJEMAN | John ___, British former Poet Laureate noted for his 1937 poem Slough (8) |
| CAROLANN | __ Duffy, former poet laureate (5,3) |
| LARKSPUR | Plant high fliers go after, wanting to prosecute |
| TOILETS | Up-and-coming poet, after initial reversal, has places to go (7) |
| POTENTIAL | Expected to become Latin poet after training (9) |
| SMALLARMS | Nazi police arrested French poet after tip off, firing these? (5,4) |
| INEPT | Clumsy style in poet after love vanishes (5) |
| YES | Positive reaction from Irish poet after losing a source of tempo (3) |
| EXPOUND | Former poet to give a full account (7) |
| IBNGABIROL | Jewish philosopher and poet after whom is named a Tel Aviv street - born around 1020 CE in Malaga, Spain (3,7) |
| ISOTOPE | One possible elementary form of love inspired by delirious poet after Alison's heart |
| EATS | Food for two poets after beheading (4) |
| IRON | The - Man ; children's novel by former poet laureate Ted Hughes that was adapted to screen by Warner Bros (4) |
