| CREDITED | Humorous verse that contains a reference to a famous person (8) |
| CYBERSQUATTER | One registering internet domain name that sounds like it belongs to a famous person (13) |
| PERSONALITYCULT | Excessive public admiration for or devotion to a famous person, especially a political leader (11,4) |
| ODE | What might be written to a famous person |
| CITATION | A reference to a passage, text, author etc. as an authority (8) |
| MYTHICAL | Fabulous, fictitious or idealised, as in a reference to the past (8) |
| NAMEDROP | Try to impress by casually mentioning a famous person one once met (8) |
| MAUSOLEA | Buildings with a tomb of a famous person (8) |
| CLERIHEW | WI lecher (anag.) a€“ short poem about a famous person (8) |
| LIMERICK | Name a type of humorous verse of five lines (8) |
| CELERITY | The rapidity with which a famous person loses heart (8) |
| UNRHYMED | Describing verse that has no correspondence of sound between words or endings of words (8) |
| DOGGEREL | Note empty gag before long humorous verse (8) |
| ACROSTIC | Verse that is initially puzzling (8) |
| LOVESONG | Verse that, in Spanish, opens lengthy serenade (4,4) |
| LANDLINE | Light piece of verse that facilitates communication |
| METRICAL | Consisting of verses that are rhythmical (8) |
| ONELLAMA | Priest in a humorous verse |
| HAIKU | Three-line, seventeen 'syllable' Japanese poem which traditionally includes a reference to a season |
| MENTION | A reference to someone's merit; or, a nod to a person/thing generally (7) |