| MAUD | Poem by Lord Tennyson, in which the narrator asks his love to "Come into the garden" (4) |
| AGNES | St -' Eve, poem by Lord Tennyson |
| INFANT | 'An ___ crying for the light' Alfred, Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam A. H.H. (1850) (6) |
| LAHORE | Pakistani city in which the narrator of "The Reluctant Fundamentalist" recounts his story |
| HERMANMELVILLE | American writer and poet who wrote a very famous book, in which the narrator, Ishmael, marries his friend Queequeg. |
| BASIA | Kisses; Catullus (poem 5) asks his girl for mille, deinde centum..... |
| KNIGHTOFTHESWAN | Medieval tale about Lohengrin, rescuer of Elsa who never asks his name |
| ACTI | When Juliet says, "Go ask his name" |
| METCALFE | Dales chap who wanted to profess his love to Victoria Sugden (5,8) |
| DAVID | Dales chap who wanted to profess his love to Victoria Sugden (5,8) |
| WHOSTHEBOSS | Show where Tony finally professed his love to Angela while they were sitting in a swan-shaped boat (3 wds.) |
| SIENNA | Chester resident Ethan Williams declared his love to _ Blake (6) |
| IKNOWAGUYWHOKNOWSAGUY | "Let me ask my connection to ask his connection" |
| SPRY | Floral designer for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II who also co-invented coronation chicken and penned some 13 books including Come Into the Garden, Cook (4) |
| LUDO | Love to come last in noisy game |
| IDEA | I dearly love to come up with a notion (4) |
| BRED | Propagated right into the garden (4) |
| GATE | Open it to go into the garden |
| MARAUD | Plunder she who was invited to come into the garden about an initial rendezvous (6) |
| MICHAELBALFE | Irish composer (1808 - 1870) of Come into the Garden, Maud and the opera The Bohemian Girl |
