| EUGENEONEGIN | Novel in verse by Alexander Pushkin (6,6) |
| ONEGIN | Novel in verse by Alexander Pushkin, 'Eugene -' (6) |
| EUGENE | _ Onegin, 19th-century novel in verse written by Alexander Pushkin (6) |
| SHARKGIRL | Young adult novel in verse by Kelly Bingham (5,4) |
| THEQUEENOFSPADES | Opera in three acts by Tchaikovsky based on a short story of the same name by Alexander Pushkin |
| ALEKO | 1892 Sergei Rachmaninoff opera inspired by Alexander Pushkin poem The Gypsies |
| BORISGODUNOV | Pushkin drama completed in 1825 (5,7) |
| SALIERI | In an 1830 Alexander Pushkin play, who poisons Mozart's drink in an inn? (7) |
| PUSHKIN | Alexander --, author of 'Eugene Onegin', a novel in verse (7) |
| SETH | "The Golden Gate: A Novel in Verse" author Vikram |
| BEASTLY | - Tales; collection of 10 animal fables in verse by A Suitable Boy, An Equal Music and forthcoming novel A Suitable Girl author Vikram Seth (7) |
| PEER | Five-act play in verse by Henrik Ibsen, published in 1867 (4,4) |
| GYNT | Five-act play in verse by Henrik Ibsen, published in 1867 (4,4) |
| VUQUANGOX | University and public body featuring in verse by Indo-Chinese native |
| THECORSAIR | Tale in verse by Lord Byron (3,7) |
| LOVESCOMEDY | 1862 satire in verse by Henrik Ibsen (5,6) |
| OLD | Grantchester dwelling immortalised in verse by Rupert Brooke (3,8) |
| VICARAGE | Grantchester dwelling immortalised in verse by Rupert Brooke (3,8) |
| POETIC | Recounted in verse by US writer with spasmodic muscle twitching (6) |
| ANDREODELSARTO | Florentine painter celebrated in verse by Robert Browning (6,3,5) |
