| STOKEPOGES | Buckinghamshire village in which Thomas Gray is believed to have composed his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (5,5) |
| POGES | Buckinghamshire village in which Thomas Gray composed his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (5,5) |
| STOKE | Buckinghamshire village in which Thomas Gray composed his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (5,5) |
| ALBINONI | Baroque musician originally believed to have composed Adagio in G Minor (8) |
| CHALFONT | ___ St Giles, Buckinghamshire village in which Milton's Cottage is a tourist attraction (8) |
| STOKEMANDEVILLE | Buckinghamshire village in which the Paralympic Games originated in July 1948 (5,10) |
| GRAY | Thomas , poet widely known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard (4) |
| THOMASGRAY | English poet best known for his Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard |
| GLASS | Transparent material upon which Thomas Gainsborough painted a series of landscapes in oils to be viewed by means of a purposebuilt candlelit "showbox" (5) |
| HENRY | Tudor king who wrote Pastime With Good Company, once thought to have composed Greensleeves (5) |
| WESSEX | Area in which Thomas Hardy set many of his novels |
| ATHOUSANDTHINGS | "I could have danced all night; I could have danced all night; And still have begged for more; I cou |
| KINDREDSPIRIT | Phrase coined by Thomas Gray in his "Elegy" |
| MENDELSSOHN | He was 17 when he composed his overture to A Midsummer Night's Dream, Felix ... |
| KNOCKANDO | Distillery in Scotland named after the Moray village in which it is located (9) |
| LLAREGGUB | Imaginary small Welsh village in which Dylan Thomas' play Under Milk Wood is set |
| DORSET | English county in which Thomas Hardy was born (6) |
| VIOL | Bowed stringed instrument developed in the Renaissance, for which musicians including Byrd, Dowland and Purcell have composed works for consort or chest (4) |
| DVORAK | He composed his ninth symphony in Manhattan in 1893 |
| DOWNE | Kent village in which Origin Of Species author, Charles Darwin, died in 1882 |
