| SHAPIRO | Poet and critic Karl |
| LEIGHHUNT | Essayist, poet and critic, a friend of Keats and Shelley |
| EDITHSITWELL | 20th Century British poet and critic noted for her formidable personality and Elizabethan dress (5,7) |
| SITWELL | English poet and critic, d. 1964 (7) |
| EZRAPOUND | US poet and critic (4,5) |
| GOSSE | Sir Edmund -, British poet and critic |
| EZRA | -- Pound, 1885-1972, US poet and critic (4) |
| EDWINMUIR | Orkney-born poet and critic (1887 - 1959) |
| BOILEAU | Nicolas --, 1636-1711, French poet and critic (7) |
| ELIOT | TS -, poet and critic |
| AMIS | "Kingsley _', British novelist, poet and critic (4) |
| POUND | Ezra ___ (1885 - 1972), US poet and critic (5) |
| ROBERTGRAVES | Novelist, poet and critic who wrote I, Claudius |
| MARGARETATWOOD | Female Canadian novelist, poet and critic (8,6) |
| DRYDEN | John ___, 17th-century poet and critic (6) |
| DAYLEWIS | Cecil -- - --, 1904-72, Irish poet and critic (3-5) |
| BAUDELAIRE | French poet and critic, d. 1867 - audible ear (anag) (10) |
| EMPSON | William ___, British poet and critic who authored 1930's Seven Types of Ambiguity (6) |
| MALLARME | Stephane ---, 19th Century French symbolist poet and critic (8) |
| ARNOLD | A naval officer, at first, had long day with a poet and critic (6) |
