| BETJEMAN | John ---, a Poet Laureate |
| ABOARD | A Poet Laureate perhaps crossing over on a ship (6) |
| THEY | The ones to take a little money from a Poet Laureate |
| NAHUM | Forename of a Poet Laureate and dramatist who re-imagined the tragedy of King Lear with a happy ending (5) |
| ABRIDGES | Makes short work of a Poet Laureate |
| MOTION | Proposal for a Poet Laureate (6) |
| MOTIONLESS | Still without a Poet Laureate? (10) |
| DANIELDAYLEWIS | Acclaimed actor whose father was a poet laureate |
| EARLYDAY | 8 ad replaced by a Poet Laureate on parliamentary business (5,3,6) |
| TENNYSON | Alfred, Lord -; a Poet Laureate during Queen Victoria's reign (8) |
| DAYLEWIS | Daniel ___, Oscar-winning son of a Poet Laureate (3-5) |
| OCASEY | Painted by artist Augustus John, a playwright who describes a magic rooster in Cock-a-Doodle Dandy (6) |
| KNIGHT | Make John A. Macdonald a "sir", e.g. |
| ALEXANDER | 'A.' of Sir John A. Macdonald |
| INIT | 'A.' of John A. Macdonald or 'J.' of Michael J. Fox, for short |
| TAKEMEHOMECOUNTRYROADS | John Denver song that gave Olivia Newton-John a UK hit single in 1973 |
| ELTON | John, a famous singer and pianist, comes from a place near Westbury-on-Severn (5) |
| ORDER | Beland Honderich (publisher of the Star from 1966 to 1988) and his son John Honderich (publisher of the Star from 1994 to 2004) are both honoured (Beland, an Officer and John, a Member) in The ___ of |
| CLARENCE | Darrow referred to as the "Attorney for the Damned" in a 2011 book by John A. Farrell |
| TENS | Bills with Sir John A. MacDonald's portrait |
