| COOKSON | Catherine, English romantic novelist who wrote The Mallen Trilogy (7) |
| BARBARA | Romantic novelist who earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records for writing 26 books in 1983 (7,8) |
| CARTLAND | Romantic novelist who earned a place in the Guinness Book of Records for writing 26 books in 1983 (7,8) |
| COLLINS | Jackie, English romantic novelist whose debut book was The World Is Full of Married Men (7) |
| SHELLEY | English Romantic poet who married the future author of Frankenstein in 1816 (7) |
| STILLME | Book by romantic novelist Jojo Moyes published in 2018 (5,2) |
| MANZONI | Italian romantic novelist and poet best known for his historical novel I Promessi sposi |
| BYRONIC | In the style of an English romantic poet, d. 1824 (7) |
| SEDATES | Calms English romantic acquaintance on board ship (7) |
| GRECIAN | Ode on a ____ Urn, poem by English Romantic poet John Keats published in 1820 (7) |
| TATE | Catherine, English actress who played Donna Noble in the sci-fi TV series Doctor Who (4) |
| BARBARACARTLAND | Prolific 20th century romantic novelist (7,8) |
| STEEL | Danielle, The Promise romantic novelist (5) |
| OUIDA | Romantic novelist, the writer embraced by a couple, contrarily (5) |
| DAPHNEDUMAURIER | Tearing up, Nehru admired a romantic novelist (6,2,7) |
| TASK | Romantic novelist registered missing work (4) |
| ALESSANDRO | Italian romantic novelist and poet best known for his historical novel I Promessi sposi |
| BISCOTTI | Italian treats in Book Two about romantic novelist (8) |
| COLERIDGE | English Romantic poet who wrote Kubla Khan (9) |
| KEATS | One of the principal poets of the English Romantic movement (5) |
