| BETJEMAN | John _, English poet, writer and broadcaster who was poet laureate 1972-84 (8) |
| BROOKE | Rupert _; English poet, author of 1914 and Other Poems (6) |
| LARKIN | Philip _; English poet, author of The Whitsun Weddings (6) |
| SIEGFRIED | English war poet, author and soldier, _ Sassoon (9) |
| PUSHKIN | Russian poet, author and dramatist (7) |
| TENNYSON | Alfred, Lord _, British poet who was Poet Laureate under Queen Victoria (8) |
| MASEFIELD | John ---, English writer who was Poet Laureate 1930-67 (9) |
| DIMBLEBY | Richard _, British journalist and broadcaster who hosted BBC1's Panorama between 1957 and 1955 (8) |
| SIRJOHN | Poet laureate, 1972-84 (3,4,8) |
| CIBBER | Colley - - -, English actormanager and playwright who was Poet Laureate from 1730 until his death in 1757 (6) |
| CECILDAYLEWIS | British poet who was poet laureate from 1968 to 1972 |
| SOUTHEY | Robert ___, English poet who was poet laureate from 1813 to 1843 |
| CAROLANNDUFFY | Scottish poet and playwright who was poet laureate from 2009 to 2019 (5,3,5) |
| ROBERTSOUTHEY | English poet who was poet laureate from 1813 to 1843 (6.7) |
| BPNICHOL | Canadian poet/ writer whose first name initials and last name are combined as one name (b.1944 d.1988) |
| ANNIEMAC | Irish DJ and broadcaster who announced in 2021 she was leaving Radio 1 (5,3) |
| WILLSELF | Journalist and broadcaster who wrote The Book of Dave (2006) and Umbrella (2012) |
| CLARKE | Oz, the British wine writer and broadcaster who was born in 1949 (6) |
| MACNEICE | Louis ---, Ir. poet/writer for radio |
| PARRIS | South African-born political writer and broadcaster who was the Conservative MP for West Derbyshire from 1979 to 1986 (7,6) |
