| DONNE | John, English metaphysical poet who coined the phrase 'No man is an island' (5) |
| MARVELL | English metaphysical poet who wrote To His Coy Mistress, Upon Appleton House and The Garden (7) |
| YEATS | Poet who originated the phrase "no country for old men" |
| JAMES | and 21dn,19th-century English poet who coined the term sprung rhythm |
| DANTE | Author who coined the phrase "Abandon all hope ye who enter here" |
| OMANI | "No man is an island"? This Arab's surrounded! (5) |
| NIXON | Which US president coined the phrase "The great silent majority"? (5) |
| AESOP | Who coined the phrase "lion's share" |
| ADLER | Alfred who coined the phrase |
| TIMWU | Legal scholar who coined the phrase "network neutrality" |
| ADAGE | "No man is an island," for example |
| BERRA | Yogi who coined the phrase "It ain't over till it's over" |
| HORACE | Poet who coined the phrase "carpe diem" |
| NEGATIVE | 1,000 in the phrase "No, no a thousand times no!" is an example of a ___ number |
| LYTTON | 1st Baron -; MP and author who coined the phrase "the pen is mightier than the sword"; a friend of Disraeli and Dickens who wrote The Last Days of Pompeii (6) |
| HOPKINS | see 22ac, 19th-century English poet who coined the term sprung rhythm |
| GERARDMANLEY | 19th-century English poet who coined the term sprung rhythm (6,6,7) |
| NOPACKDRILL | The phrase, "No names, ..." gained wider use after WWI (2,4-5) |
| HERBERT | George ___, English Metaphysical poet whose chief work is The Temple: Sacred Poems and Private Ejaculations |
| JOHNDONNE | English Metaphysical poet, born 1572, whose works included The Flea (4,5) |