| TASSO | Italian poet (1544 - 1595), best known for Jerusalem Delivered (1591) (5) |
| TORQUATOTASSO | Italian "king of poets", best known for Jerusalem Delivered (8,5) |
| MARAT | French Renaissance poet (c1497-1544) (5) |
| HANDS | 'With mine own ___ I give away my crown' (Shakespeare Richard II (1595) (5) |
| SATAN | Character in Tasso's "Jerusalem Delivered" |
| BEAST | 'No ___ so fierce but knows some touch of pity' (Shakespeare Richard III (1591) |
| SWEET | 'That which we call a rose/By any other name would smell as ___' (Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet, 1595) (5) |
| AGATE | 'She is the fairies' midwife, and she comes/In shape no bigger than an _ stone' Shakespeare Romeo and Juliet, 1595 (5) |
| ATLAS | Shown with the world on his back in a 1595 book, who gave his name to such publications? (5) |
| PEELA | Which English dramatist wrote the play The Old Wives' Tale (1595) |
| PEELE | Which English dramatist wrote The Old Wives' Tale (1595) |
| STEPS | 'With how sad ___, O Moon, thou climb'st the skies!' (Philip Sidney Astrophil and Stella (1591) |
| EARTH | 'I'll put a girdle round about the ___' (Shakespeare A Midsummer Night's Dream (1595-6) |
| ARTICHOKE | Take choir out for Jerusalem delicacy (9) |
| ZION | Biblical place name used as a synonym for Jerusalem (4) |
| HERRICK | Robert, poet born in 1591 who wrote A Nuptial Song (7) |
| SION | Name for Jerusalem |
| DAUGHTEROFZION | Biblical metaphor for Jerusalem [Utah] |
| EPITHALAMION | Poet Edmund Spenser's ode to his bride Elizabeth, published in 1595 (12) |
| ALEXANDERIDEN | 'Kentish Gentleman' in Shakespeare's Henry VI, Part 2 (1591) |
