| RIORDAN | Maurice -, author of poetry volumes Floods and A Word from the Loki |
| SENDAK | Maurice, author of children's book Where The Wild Things Are (6) |
| ACRONYM | A crony may be too much for a word from the capitals of others (7) |
| MORDANT | Biting darn out in a word from the French (7) |
| ABSE | Dannie ___, author of poetry volumes Running Late and Ask the Bloody Horse (4) |
| ADDISON | Chris ___, comedian-actor; author of 2006 poetry volume Cautionary Tales for Grown-Ups (7) |
| FROST | Robert, author of poetry volume A Boy's Will (5) |
| VERSERS | Writers of poetry |
| ROUT | From "broken", a word, from the idea of a broken army, for a defeat (4) |
| DELAMARE | Walter ?, writer of poetry volume Peacock Pie and novel Henry Brocken (2,2,4) |
| LARKIN | Author of poetry collections including The Less Deceived, The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows; or, the name of a rural family created by H. E. Bates (6) |
| CAPITALMARKET | It's the hub for music, initially from the time of the flood, and alien to one of those in Moore Str |
| SOIT | A word from the motto of the Garter (4) |
| THOMAS | Welsh author of poetry, the radio drama Under Milk Wood and the short story illustrated by Edward Ardizzone titled A Child's Christmas in Wales (6) |
| EYRE | At the lowest point in Australia, the rains of Queensland trickle through to flood, and occasionally fill, the body of water known as Lake ... |
| AUDEN | W H ___, author of poetry collections Homage to Clio and The Shield of Achilles (5) |
| CHEESEBURGERS | A word from the poseurs about second egg on starters of raw spinach in fast food (13) |
| AMBO | A mob is broken up by a word from the pulpit (4) |
| HEANEY | Author of poetry collections including Wintering Out and Field Work who compiled the anthology The Rattle Bag with Ted Hughes (6) |
| EWART | Gavin, author of 1966 poetry volume Pleasures of the Flesh (5) |
