| TORQUATOTASSO | Italian "king of poets", best known for Jerusalem Delivered (8,5) |
| TASSO | Italian poet (1544 - 1595), best known for Jerusalem Delivered (1591) (5) |
| SAMUELBECKETT | Irish writer, dramatist and poet best known for his play, Waiting For Godot (6,7) |
| ALLENGINSBERG | American poet best known for Howl |
| EDMONDROSTAND | French dramatist and poet best-known for the 1897 verse drama Cyrano de Bergerac (6,7) |
| FITZGERALD | Poet best known for his translation of Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (10) |
| HOOD | Thomas ___ (1799 - 1845), London-born poet, best known for The Bridge of Sighs (4) |
| CLARE | John ___ (1793 - 1864), English poet, best known for his celebrations of the countryside (5) |
| WALTWHITMAN | American poet best known for Leaves of Grass |
| SAMUELTAYLORCOLERIDGE | English poet best known for The Rime of the Ancient Mariner and Kubla Khan |
| LONGFELLOW | Henry Wadsworth ___, American poet best known for The Song of Hiawatha |
| MANZONI | Italian romantic novelist and poet best known for his historical novel I Promessi sposi |
| ALESSANDRO | Italian romantic novelist and poet best known for his historical novel I Promessi sposi |
| BINYON | English poet best known for his composition For the Fallen containing the line "We will remember the |
| JOHNKEATS | English Romantic poet best known for 1820's Lamia, Isabella, the Eve of St Agnes and Other Poems (4,5) |
| NOYES | Poet best known for "The Highwayman" |
| GRAY | Poet best known for Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard (4) |
| BUNTING | Basil ___, poet best known for the 1965 work Briggflatts (7) |
| AEHOUSMAN | English poet best known for A Shropshire Lad (1,1,7) |
| EDWARDLEAR | English artist, illustrator, author, and poet best known for The Owl and the Pussycat |