| PARODIST | Normal poet one takes off |
| PARODISTS | They take off normal poets (9) |
| AIRSTRIP | Where one takes off, but doesn't actually undress? |
| SCABBARD | Taxi taken by small poet, one holding a sword (8) |
| HOUSEMAN | Reported poet, one working in hospital (8) |
| ROMANTIC | ____ poet, one in the early 19th century who reacted against Enlightenment ideas (8) |
| RUNWAY | Where one takes off, fugitive loses heart |
| APERCU | Summary one takes off copper (6) |
| SEPIA | One takes off clothes, turning brown (5) |
| AIRPORT | Bearing left one takes off here? (7) |
| HITANDRUN | Accident where one takes off in a hurry |
| IMPERSONATOR | In turn, one takes off (12) |
| DEDUCTS | How one takes off duds, etc (7) |
| ESCAPER | One takes off Parisian art stunt |
| UNDERCLOTHING | The last things one takes off (13) |
| TESTPILOT | One takes off with paper - good things for sale (4,5) |
| SPACETRAVELLERS | They might circle several core planets, after one take-off (5,10) |
| ELIOT | Poet, one included in English collection (5) |
| OWEN | Poet, one anguished about onset of war (4) |
| SPENDER | Poet, one who is recklessly wasteful (7) |
