| BETJEMAN | John ___, poet laureate 1972-1984 (8) |
| TENNYSON | Alfred _; Poet Laureate from 1850 (8) |
| ARMITAGE | Simon ___, Poet Laureate since 2019 (8) |
| SIRJOHN | Poet laureate, 1972-84 (3,4,8) |
| DRYDEN | John _, poet who was appointed England's first Poet Laureate in 1668 (6) |
| MILTON | John _, poet (6) |
| BUNYAN | John __, poet who wrote The Pilgrim's Progress? (6) |
| KEATS | John ___ poet (5) |
| PYE | Henry James ___, Poet Laureate from 1790-1813 (3) |
| SOUTHEY | Robert ___, Poet Laureate 1813-43 (7) |
| WORDSWORTH | William ___, Poet Laureate from 1843-50 (10) |
| MOTION | Sir Andrew ___, Poet Laureate from 1999 to 2009 |
| DUFFY | Carol Ann ___, Poet Laureate (5) |
| BRIDGES | Robert ___, Poet Laureate who wrote The Testament of Beauty (7) |
| MOAT | John ___, poet and novelist who co-founded the Arvon Foundation in 1968 (4) |
| ROSSETTI | Christina Georgina ___, poet (8) |
| MACNEICE | Louis ___, poet whose works include Autumn Journal (1939) (8) |
| BROWNING | Elizabeth Barrett ___, poet (8) |
| MITCHELL | Adrian ___, poet whose volumes include All Shook Up and Heart on the Left (8) |
| ROMANTIC | ____ poet, one in the early 19th century who reacted against Enlightenment ideas (8) |
