| ADRIANHENRI | Birkenhead-born poet of the Merseybeat era |
| LIVERPOOL | The Merseybeat sound originated in this Northern English city |
| TARONEGERTON | Birkenhead-born actor who plays the title roles in the films Eddie the Eagle and Rocketman |
| COLLIER | Birkenhead-born, Henry Herbert ___ (b. 1878), designer, inventor and founder of the Matchless Motorcycle Company (7) |
| JEANS | The Swinging Blue ___, Merseybeat band whose singles include Hippy Hippy Shake |
| THESEARCHERS | Merseybeat pop group who had a Number One hit with Sweets for my Sweet in 1963 |
| TENNYSON | October 12, 1892, the day of this poet laureate's funeral, was a national day of mourning in England, because he was considered the leading poet of the Victorian era. |
| MALAMUTESALOON | Setting in The Shooting of Dan Mcgrew, the 1907-published poem by 'Poet of the Yukon' Robert Service: 2 wds. |
| THESPIS | Greek poet of the 6th century B.C. credited with originating the role of the actor in drama (7) |
| SCOTT | Sir Walter ___ : poet of 'The Lady of the Lake' ? (5) |
| IVID | Roman poet of the "The Art of Love" |
| WIRRAL | The ____, peninsula that includes the towns of Birkenhead and Wallasey (6) |
| ALLEN | US poet of the Beat Generation who appears in the opening segment of D A Pennebaker's film, Dont Look Back |
| CHOPIN | Known as the poet of the piano, composer of ballades, etudes, nocturnes, preludes, scherzos and sonatas as well as two concertos (6) |
| GEORGEHERBERT | English poet of the Metaphysical school best remembered for the 1633 collection The Temple (6,7) |
| CONGREVE | William ---, English playwright and poet of the Restoration who influenced the comedy of manners genre (8) |
| ROSSETTI | Painter and poet of the PRB whose wife Elizabeth Siddal, or "Guggums", is immortalised in the character of Beatrice in Beata Beatrix (8) |
| GINSBERG | US poet of the Beat Generation who appears in the opening segment of D A Pennebaker's film, Dont Look Back |
| OVID | Roman poet of 'The Art of Love' |
| ROBERTSERVICE | 'The Poet of the Yukon': 2 wds. |
