| MACNEICE | Louis, poet born in Belfast in 1907 noted for poems such as Snow and Prayer Before Birth (8) |
| MICHENER | James A. ___, U.S. writer born in 1907 noted for his family sagas (8) |
| KENNETHBRANAGH | Shakespearean actor and film director born in Belfast in 1960 (7,7) |
| BRANAGH | Thespian who was born in Belfast in 1960 (7,7) |
| KENNETH | Thespian who was born in Belfast in 1960 (7,7) |
| FRIDAKAHLO | Mexican painter born in 1907 noted for her self-portraits (5,5) |
| KAHLO | Frida, Mexican painter born in 1907 noted for her self-portraits (5) |
| LAIDUP | Left great party in Belfast in incapacitated state (4,2) |
| MARY | She has a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow, and who was sure to go wherever she went |
| SLEETS | Comes down as snow and rain |
| THAWS | Melts as snow and ice |
| RESPIGHI | Italian composer of tone poems such as Fountains of Rome (8) |
| ECLOGUES | Short pastoral poems such as those by Virgil (8) |
| MCALEESE | Mary, ex-Irish president born in Belfast (8) |
| DISGRACE | Shame for woman initially saying prayer before meal (8) |
| STORMONT | Area of Belfast in which the Northern Ireland assembly is based |
| BLESSING | A prayer before dinner (or a gift from God) |
| ACROSTIC | A pair of short teachers' marks for poem? |
| LEAR | Edward ___, 19th-century English humorist noted for nonsense poems such as The Jumblies (4) |
| ODES | Lyric poems, such as those by John Keats, addressing autumn, a Grecian urn, indolence, melancholy, a nightingale or Psyche (4) |
