| DELIUS | Early 20th-century English composer (6) |
| GEORGIAN | Name given to a group of early 20th century English poets (8) |
| BRITTEN | 20th-century English composer (7) |
| TIPPETT | Sir Michael ---, 20th Century English composer of the oratorio A Child Of Our Time (7) |
| ELGAR | 19th/20th century English composer who appeared on the £20 note in 1999 (5) |
| PHILIP | 20th Century English poet who wrote The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows (6,6) |
| GEORGE | Pseudonym of the 20th-century English novelist, essayist and critic Eric Arthur Blair (6,6) |
| ORWELL | Pseudonym of the 20th-century English novelist, essayist and critic Eric Arthur Blair (6,6) |
| GREENE | 20th-century English novelist whose works include Brighton Rock, The Power and the Glory, The Potting Shed, Travels with My Aunt and the short story Went the Day Well? (6) |
| BEATON | Cecil ---, 20th-century English photographer and stage and costume designer (6) |
| TALLIS | Thomas ?, 16th-century English composer and organist (6) |
| LARKIN | Poet, novelist, jazz critic, librarian and editor of The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse whose collection The Less Deceived includes Church Going (6) |
| TAKLIS | Thomas, 16th century English composer of the motet Spem in alium (6) |
| TURING | Alan -, twentieth century English mathematician |
| GRACIEFIELDS | 20th Century English actress, singer and music hall star who entertained Allied troops during World War II (6,6) |
| ANGELACARTER | 20th Century English writer known for her feminist and magical realist works (6,6) |
| PHILIPLARKIN | 20th Century English poet whose verse collections include The Whitsun Weddings (6,6) |
| PIPER | John -, 20th century English artist |
| FONTEYN | Dame Margot ---, 20th Century English classical ballerina (7) |
| IRIS | ___ Murdoch, 20th-century English novelist |
