| MILLAY | Edna St Vincent --, author of the poem "The Buck in the Snow" (6) |
| NETS | Brooklyn squad that lost to the Bucks in the 2021 NBA postseason |
| BILL | Is this lawful how the Government passes the buck in both Houses? (4) |
| ARNOLD | Matthew, author of the poems The Scholar Gipsy and Dover Beach (6) |
| HENLEY | Said to be the inspiration for Robert Louis Stevenson's character Long John Silver, author of the poem Invictus, whose daughter influenced the name "Wendy" in Peter Pan (6) |
| EUCLID | Who "alone has looked on Beauty bare," according to Edna St. Vincent Millay |
| BINYON | Robert Laurence, author of the poem For the Fallen (6) |
| THAYER | E.L., author of the poem Casey at the Bat (6) |
| VASSAR | Edna St. Vincent Millay's alma mater |
| BLINDHARRY | The author of the poem 'The Wallace', which recounts the life of William Wallace (5,5) |
| BROOKE | Rupert, author of the poem Tiara Tahiti (6) |
| ALEXANDERPOPE | Author of the poem The Rape of the Lock (9,4) |
| HOOD | Thomas, author of the poem The Song of the Shirt (4) |
| POPE | Alexander, author of the poem The Rape of the Lock (4) |
| COLERIDGE | Author of the poem "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" |
| TENNYSON | Alfred ___, author of the poems The Lady of Shalott and Voices in the Mist (8) |
| LYDGATE | John, author of the poem The Fall of Princes (7) |
| RUPERTBROOKE | Writer of the poem The Soldier (6,6) |
| SOUTHWELL | Robert, 16th Century English author of the poem The Burning Babe (9) |
| KAVANAGH | Patrick --, Irish poet and novelist, author of the poem "The Great Hunger" (8) |
