| THEFAERIEQUEENE | Late 16th-century epic poem by Edmund Spenser (3,6,6) |
| AFRICA | 14th-century epic poem by Petrarch (6) |
| ARIOSTO | Ludovico, Italian poet who wrote the 16th-century epic Orlando Furioso (7) |
| TASSO | 16th century Epic poet |
| STAL | The Tales of Ensign ___ (19th-century epic poem) |
| DIVINE | The _ Comedy, Dante's 14th-century epic poem (6) |
| FAERIEQUEENE | The ?, 1590 epic poem by Edmund Spenser (6,6) |
| FAERIE | The _ Queene, epic poem by Edmund Spenser (6) |
| GLORIANA | Nickname of Queen Elizabeth I, originated by Edmund Spenser in the 1590 epic poem The Faerie Queene (8) |
| FAERIES | Creatures of which Gloriana is the "Queene," in a work by Edmund Spenser |
| AMORETTI | Famous sonnet by Edmund Spenser |
| PROTHALAMION | Spousal verse by Edmund Spenser, in honour of two daughters of the Earl of Worcester |
| CHAUCER | First poet interred in Westminster Abbey's Poets Corner 1400), followed by Edmund Spenser in 1599 (8,7) |
| GEOFFREY | First poet interred in Westminster Abbey's Poets Corner 1400), followed by Edmund Spenser in 1599 (8,7) |
| MANNERISM | Late-16th-century Italian style of painting characterised by distortion of the human figure and bright colours (9) |
| ESCORIAL | Spanish royal palace near Madrid built by order of King Philip II in the late 16th century (8) |
| WARE | Great Bed of ____, huge one built by a Hertfordshire carpenter in the late 16th century (4) |
| ELIZ | Re late 16th-century Eng. |
| ELIZABETHAN | Relating to late 16th century in England |
| ELIZAB | Like England in the late 16th century |
