| PARADISELOST | Epic poem in blank verse by English poet John Milton, first published in ten books in 1667 (8,4) |
| PARADISE | --- Lost, epic poem in blank verse by John Milton, first published in 1667 (8) |
| STOWMARKET | Suffolk town on the River Gipping associated with poets John Milton and George Crabbe |
| SEAFEVEF | 1902 poem by English poet John Masefield featuring the line 'And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by' (3-5) |
| NOMANIS | Famous aphorism by English poet John Donne, in the 17th devotion, Meditation XVII, of the 1624 prose work Devotions upon Emergent Occasions (2,3,2,2,6) |
| ANISLAND | Famous aphorism by English poet John Donne, in the 17th devotion, Meditation XVII, of the 1624 prose work Devotions upon Emergent Occasions (2,3,2,2,6) |
| BESTSELLERS | "Top Ten" books |
| DECADES | Name for the divisions of Livy's history of Rome, each 10 books long, later translated into English to mean "periods of 10 consecutive years" (7) |
| ANTLERED | Possibly like 10 books stocked by novel dealer (8) |
| AMAZINGGRACE | A Christian hymn published in 1779, with lyrics by English poet and clergyman John Newton (7,5) |
| ULYSSES | Roman name for Odysseus; a poem in blank verse by Alfred, Lord Tennyson; or, a novel by James Joyce (7) |
| JEWOF | The ___, drama in blank verse by Christopher Marlowe whose first recorded performance was in 1592 (3,2,5) |
| MALTA | The -, drama in blank verse by Christopher Marlowe whose first recorded performance was in 1592 (3,2,5) |
| JEWOFMALTA | The ---, drama in blank verse by Christopher Marlowe whose first recorded performance was in 1592 (3.2.5) |
| INCHCAPEROCK | Ballad by English poet Robert Southey (8,4) |
| RUPERTBROOKE | Two Bears, by English poet |
| AURORALEIGH | Elizabeth Barrett Browning wrote this novel in blank verse, which was published in 1857. |
| BEOWULF | Anonymous Old English epic poem in alliterative verse, about events in the early 6th Century (7) |
| INVICTUS | Poem by English poet WE Henley, published in 1888 and noted for its evocation of stoicism (8) |
| EYERHYME | Poet's boast, heard in blank verse presumably |
