| PARADISELOST | Epic poem in blank verse by John Milton, originally published in 1667 in ten books |
| PARADISE | --- Lost, epic poem in blank verse by John Milton, first published in 1667 (8) |
| BESTSELLERS | "Top Ten" books |
| ANTLERED | Possibly like 10 books stocked by novel dealer (8) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| LALLEGRO | Pastoral poem by John Milton published in 1645 (8) |
| ILPENSEROSO | Pastoral poem by John Milton published in 1645 |
| SAMSONAGONISTES | Dramatic poem by John Milton published in 1671 (6,9) |
| LOST | 1667 epic poem by John Milton (8,4) |
| THEBONFIREOFTHEVANITIES | 1987 novel by Tom Wolfe, originally published in instalments in Rolling Stone |
| LITTLEWOMEN | Novel by Louisa May Alcott originally published in two volumes in 1868 and 1869 |
| THEWAYUPTOHEAVEN | A short story by Roald Dahl, originally published in The New Yorker, included in his 1960 collection Kiss Kiss |
| EYERHYME | Poet's boast, heard in blank verse presumably |
| LILLE | City, besieged and claimed for France by Louis XIV in 1667 (5) |
