| KEAN | Described by Coleridge as having the power to reveal Shakespeare by "flashes of lightning", whose 18 |
| SHEET | Type of lightning whose official name is cloud-to-cloud or inter-cloud (5) |
| XANADU | city described by Coleridge |
| BREZHNEV | Soviet leader whose 18-year tenure encompassed an era of economic and social stagnation (8) |
| TWINKLE | Shine by flashes (7) |
| BOLTS | Word for crossbow arrows; stout pins or screws; sliding bars in locks; rolls of cloth, linen or wallpaper; white flashes of lightning; or, sprints, such as those executed by runner Usain (5) |
| AERIAL | This is used in transmitting the spirit of Shakespeare, by the sound of it (6) |
| SWANOFAVON | Nickname given to Shakespeare by Ben Jonson (4,2,4) |
| ELGRECO | I had to retire after recasting Coleridge as a painter (2,5) |
| EVERYWHERE | Words from Coleridge as he looks at the Red River in spring? |
| WATERWATER | Words from Coleridge as he looks at the Red River in spring? |
| LAKIST | Wordsworth or Coleridge, as a poet |
| DREAMTEAM | Informal term used to describe a group of people regarded as having the perfect combination of skills for a particular purpose or task (5,4) |
| SEENTOBEFAIR | It's typical of an honest broker viewed as having the reputation of a blonde perhaps (4,2,2,4) |
| CALLINGTHESHOTS | Having the power of vocation to take article by order to The Bar (7,3,5) |
| RIME | 'The --- of the Ancient Mariner', poem by Coleridge (4) |
| MARINER | The Rime of the Ancient ___, famous poem by Coleridge (7) |
| EFFECTIVE | Having the power to produce the desire result (9) |
| PRATTLE | Having the power to agitate by talk |
| SUASIVE | Having the power to convince (usually with "per" at the beginning) |
