| COLERIDGE | Author of Kubla Khan and Biographia Literaria whose poem The Keepsake recalls the flowers forget-me-not, foxglove, rose and woodbine (honeysuckle) (9) |
| FORGETMENOTS | Popular ornamental flowers, with a name said to be popularised in Coleridge's poem The Keepsake |
| NOTS | Flowers, forget-me- ... |
| CHAUCER | Author whose poem The Parliament of Fowls is said to have contributed towards the tradition of Valentine's Day (7) |
| MEREDITH | Victorian author whose poem The Lark Ascending inspired Vaughan Williams to compose an instrumental work of the same name (8) |
| RELIC | About fifty and in charge of the keepsake (5) |
| SAVED | Kept the keepsake |
| BYRON | Author of the travelogue The Road to Oxiana whose poem All These I Learnt was read by the Prince of |
| GRIFFES | Charles Tomlinson ?, US composer whose works include 1912 tone poem The Pleasure Dome of Kubla Khan |
| XANADU | Site of Kubla Khan's stately pleasure-dome in the poem by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (6) |
| KNOT | Bird whose Latin name Calidris canutus recalls the story of King Canute and the tide; or, a flower bed design inspired by Renaissance embroideries and tapestries (4) |
| MOORE | Scholar whose poem A Visit from St Nicholas names Santa Claus's reindeer and captures the anticipation of the night before Christmas (5) |
| DAVIES | Author whose poem Leisure begins: "What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and |
| WILLIAM | English poet, painter, and printmaker whose poem And did those feet in ancient time became the hymn Jerusalem, with music written by Sir Hubert Parry (7,5) |
| BLAKE | English poet, painter, and printmaker whose poem And did those feet in ancient time became the hymn Jerusalem, with music written by Sir Hubert Parry (7,5) |
| EDGAR | Forename of the writer, Poe, whose poem Tamerlane is said to be inspired or influenced by Byron (5) |
| AUDEN | 20th Century poet whose poem Funeral Blues is recited in the film Four Weddings and a Funeral (5) |
| ALPH | Sacred river of "Kubla Khan" (4) |
| ADORABLE | Recalls the Spanish seller of alcohol opens olorosos, dry amontillados and something sweet (8) |
| DONMCLEAN | US musician whose most famous song recalls "the day the music died" |
