| BETJEMAN | John, British Poet Laureate 1972-84 (8) |
| SIRJOHN | Poet laureate, 1972-84 (3,4,8) |
| DAYLEWIS | British poet laureate from 1968 to 1972 |
| CAROLANN | British poet laureate Duffy |
| PRESCOTT | John, British deputy prime minister since 1997 (8) |
| BURGOYNE | John --, British general in the American Revolutionary War, and author of the play 'The Maid of the Oaks' (8) |
| JELLICOE | John -, British commander of the Imperial Fleet at the Battle of Jutland in 1916 (8) |
| BARNARDO | Dr Thomas John ---, British philanthropist who founded homes for destitute children (8) |
| TED | British poet laureate Hughes |
| ROWE | British poet laureate, 1715-18 |
| CECIL | British poet laureate ___ Day-Lewis |
| ANN | British poet laureate Carol ___ Duffy |
| TEDHUGHES | British Poet Laureate 1984-98 (3,6) |
| ANDREWMOTION | The British Poet Laureate 1999-2009 (6,6) |
| NAHUM | British poet laureate Tate |
| SCOT | British poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy, for one |
| NAHUMTATE | British poet laureate, 1692-1715 |
| TATE | British poet laureate Nahum |
| EUSDEN | 18th-century British Poet Laureate, Laurence ___ |
| WORDSWORTH | William, British poet laureate 1843-50 (10) |