| CHANSONDEGESTE | French epic poem, usually about knightly exploits |
| ROLAND | Hero of early French epic poem |
| CHANSONSDEGESTE | French epic poems telling of the exploits of knights (8,2,5) |
| ECLOGUE | Short poem, usually pastoral |
| ODE | Elaborate poem usually addressed to someone or something (3) |
| GOSSIP | Idle talk, usually about other people's private lives (6) |
| LEAGUE | Former measure of distance, usually about three miles (6) |
| GREATSALTLAKE | Body of water, usually about two percent of Utah |
| SITCOM | Without ads, it's usually about 21 or 22 minutes |
| JURYBOX | What's usually about 12 people? |
| SHOE | It's usually about a foot |
| ONAVERAGE | Figure holding publication on prayer a€“ usually about that (2,7) |
| HAIKU | Traditional Japanese form of poem - usually with three lines and no rhyme |
| REFRAIN | A repeated set of lines in a poem, usually at the end of each verse (7) |
| AUBADES | Poems/songs usually about lovers parting at dawn such as John Donne's The Sun Rising but with exceptions such as one written by Philip Larkin (7) |
| CHANSONDEROLAND | Old French epic song from one of the Rat Pack? (7,2,6) |
| STORNELLI | Short Italian rhyming poems usually of three line |
| NONSENSE | ___ verse, whimsical poems usually for children associated with Edward Lear and Lewis Carroll (8) |
| WANT | "It's not a ___, it's a need" (cutesy saying that's usually about something that is absolutely not a need) |
| CHIVALRIC | Smart about bad rival using knightly code (9) |
