| ANACREON | Greek lyric poet, noted for his short songs celebrating love and wine (8) |
| MAUPASSANT | Guy de --, French writer noted for his short stories (10) |
| CAROUSING | Celebrating love, you and me, in kind (9) |
| PINDAR | Greek lyric poet noted for his victory odes (6) |
| CUMMINGS | E. E. _, 20th-Century American poet noted for his unusual use of grammar and punctuation (8) |
| ARIETTAS | Short songs for Scotto |
| SNATCHES | Grabs the short songs (8) |
| ALACRITY | Short song's review briskness covered (8) |
| ALCAEUS | 7th century BC Greek lyric poet who wrote hymns, love songs and political odes |
| BIERCE | Ambrose ___, American writer best known for his short story An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge and his satirical lexicon The Devil's Dictionary |
| SIMONIDES | Ancient Greek poet noted for his songs of lamentation and odes to victory (9) |
| LANDIS | NASA scientist Geoffrey who won a Hugo for his short story "Falling Onto Mars" |
| MERIMEE | Prosper ___, French author best known for his short novel Carmen, on which Bizet's opera was based |
| SAKI | Pen name of H.H. Munro, best known for his short stories (4) |
| TAN | Perth-born Oscar-winner for his short film The Lost Thing, Shaun - (3) |
| PEACOCK | Thomas Love --, English novelist and poet noted for his satirical romances (7) |
| ORPHEUS | Legendary Greek musician and poet noted for his lyre playing (7) |
| STEPHENKING | Carrie author who won a 1996 O. Henry Award for his short story The Man in the Black Suit: 2 wds. |
| ARCHILOCHUS | 7th Century B.C. Greek lyric poet of Paros (11) |
| WINE | Beverage made from grape juice, written about in works by Greek lyric poet Anacreon (4) |
