| THEWASTELAND | Poem by writer T.S. Eliot published in 1922 that begins 'April is the cruellest month' (3,5,4) |
| WASTELAND | The ---, TS Eliot poem that begins: "April is the cruellest month" |
| STEARNS | Middle name of the Nobel Prize-winning writer T.S. Eliot (7) |
| LILACS | According to T.S. Eliot, "April is the cruellest month, breeding - out of the dead land, ..." (6) |
| ELIOT | T.S., who wrote "April is the cruellest month" |
| APRIL | "___ is the cruellest month" - the opening line of TS Eliot's 1922 poem, The Waste Land (5) |
| TSELIOT | "April is the cruellest month" writer |
| CRUELLEST | 'April is the ___ month', line in TS Eliot's The Waste Land (9) |
| ITHASCHERRYDAYS | April is the first month of the year of which this is true (2,3,6,4) |
| DANIELDERONDA | Last completed novel by English author George Eliot, published in eight parts in 1876 (6,7) |
| ANI | April is the only month that has one |
| POETRY | April is National ___ Month! Complete the rhyme hidden in this crossword and celebrate the beauty of verse! |
| ADAMBEDE | Novel by George Eliot published in 1859 (4,4) |
| DERONDA | Daniel ____, novel by George Eliot published in 1876 (7) |
| CUCKOO | Said to sing from St Tiburtius' Day (April 14) to St John's Day (June 24), a bird whose arrival/song in April is a traditional signal that spring has arrived (6) |
| REAL | Published in 1922,"The Velveteen Rabbit" by British author Margery Williams is a classic story of a stuffed rabbit who longed to become ___ |
| SAINTSAENS | French composer of The Carnival of the Animals, first published in 1922 (5-5) |
| ULYSSES | Novel describing events in June 1904, published in 1922 by Sylvia Beach (7) |
| FORSYTESAGA | 'The ---', novel sequence by John Galsworthy published in 1922 (7,4) |
| JUST | First book of a series by Richmal Crompton published in 1922 (4,7) |
