| HERBERT | George, British metaphysical poet born in 1593 (7) |
| JOHNDONNE | English Metaphysical poet, born 1572, whose works included The Flea (4,5) |
| MARLOWE | Christopher ___, influential English playwright and poet stabbed to death in a Deptford tavern in 1593 (7) |
| MALLORY | George ---, British mountaineer who died on Everest in 1924 (7) |
| CANNING | George, British prime minister who served the shortest period of office in 1827 (7) |
| RUSSELL | George, British Formula One racing driver who joined Lewis Hamilton at Mercedes in 2022 (7) |
| GILBERT | ___ and George, British artists (7) |
| TERENCE | Latin comic poet born in Carthage who died in 159 BC (7) |
| CADBURY | George -, British industrialist and social reformer who set up the Bournville Village Trust |
| MARVELL | Andrew --, 1621-78, metaphysical poet (7) |
| DOYENNE | Prominent female you once found in metaphysical poet |
| TSELIOT | British poet, born in the United States, who won the Nobel prize for literature in 1948 (1,1,5) |
| KIPLING | English author and poet born in India, best known for The Jungle Book and his Just So Stories (7,7) |
| RUDYARD | And 9 English author and poet born in India, best known for The Jungle Book and his Just So Stories (7,7) |
| DRAYTON | Michael ___, poet born in 1563 whose works include Poly-Olbion (7) |
| COCTEAU | Jean, French artist, filmmaker and poet born in 1889 (7) |
| HERRICK | Robert, poet born in 1591 who wrote A Nuptial Song (7) |
| ROETHKE | Theodore, U.S. poet born in 1908 (7) |
| CHRISTOPHERMARLOWE | English dramatist and poet supposedly stabbed to death in a tavern brawl in 1593 (11,7) |
| WHAUDEN | English-born poet born in 1907 whose poems include Funeral Blues (Stop All The Clocks) (1,1,5) |
