| THOREAU | Henry David, U.S. poet noted for his book Walden about simple living in nature (7) |
| KEROUAC | Jack, U.S. novelist and leader of the Beat Movement noted for his book On the Road (7) |
| OLUSOGA | David, historian noted for his books and documentaries on black Britons (7) |
| FINCHER | David, U.S. director whose films include Fight Club and Gone Girl (7) |
| SPENSER | Poet noted for his portrayal of virtues through knights' quests in The Faerie Queene and a series of 12 eclogues named after months in The Shepheardes Calender (7) |
| ROETHKE | Theodore ___, American poet awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1954 for his book The Waking |
| LONGFELLOW | Henry Wadsworth, U.S. poet noted for his poem about the lovers Hiawatha and Minnehaha (10) |
| PEACOCK | Thomas Love --, English novelist and poet noted for his satirical romances (7) |
| AUDUBON | 19th century US ornithologist famed for his book The Birds of America (7) |
| JUVENAL | Roman poet noted for his satires (7) |
| ORPHEUS | Legendary Greek musician and poet noted for his lyre playing (7) |
| SASSOON | Siegfried, war poet noted for his autobiographical Sherston trilogy (7) |
| MARVELL | Andrew ___, poet noted for his poem To His Coy Mistress |
| CABARET | One purring about simple floor show? |
| CUMMINGS | E.E., U.S. poet noted for using lower-case text (8) |
| SYLVIA | ____ Plath, U.S. poet noted for her poems Daddy and Lady Lazarus (6) |
| RAWLS | John, U.S. moral and political philosopher noted for his book A Theory Of Justice (5) |
| KINGSMITH | Dick ___, children's author noted for his book The Sheep-Pig, later adapted for the film Babe (4,5) |
| BALDACCI | David, U.S. legal thriller writer whose first book Absolute Power was published in 1996 (8) |
| BRAINE | John, English novelist noted for his book Room at the Top published in 1957 (6) |
