| PHILIPLARKIN | English poet and librarian (1922-85) |
| LARKIN | Philip ___ (1922-1985), English poet and librarian (6) |
| PHILIP | Poet and librarian (6,6) |
| LAURA | Popular first lady, she was a teacher and librarian before her marriage to George Bush Jr |
| CASANOVA | 18c Italian adventurer, spy and librarian noted for his Memoires (8) |
| SHAKESPEARE | Which English poet and playwright wrote Pericles and Cymbeline? (11) |
| LASCELLESABERCROMBIE | Which English poet and academic wrote the collection Mary and the Bramble (1910) |
| WILLIAMBLAKE | English poet and engraver who wrote Songs Of Innocence and Songs Of Experience (7,5) |
| THOMASDEKKER | English poet and dramatist whose works include the plays Match Me in London and The Shoemaker's Holiday |
| HARDY | Acclaimed English poet and author who penned The Mayor of Casterbridge and Jude the Obscure (6, 5) |
| THOMAS | Acclaimed English poet and author who penned The Mayor of Casterbridge and Jude the Obscure (6, 5) |
| SITWELL | Edith, English poet and critic noted for the 1922 collection Facade (7) |
| EDITHSITWELL | English poet and critic noted for her 1922 collection Facade (5,7) |
| SPENDER | Stephen ___, English poet and friend of Auden, Isherwood and MacNeice (7) |
| PAYNES | An English poet and a U.S. actor |
| BLAKE | English poet and artist, d. 1827 (5) |
| DRYDEN | 17th century English poet and dramatist (6) |
| DELAMARE | Walter ___ ___ ___: famous English poet and novelist (2,2,4) |
| HERBERT | George --, 1593-1633, English poet and clergyman (7) |
| ROWE | Nicholas _; English poet and dramatist (4) |
