| ADCOCK | Poet whose collections include Tigers (1967) |
| FLEUR | Poet whose collections include Tigers (1967) |
| YAKETYYAK | Rabbit, Ox and Ox again? Eastern years must include Tiger initially in that |
| LARKIN | Philip ___, English poet whose collections include The Whitsun Weddings |
| AUDEN | W.H., Englishborn poet whose collections include Look, Stranger (5) |
| LOWELL | Robert, U.S. poet whose collections include The Dolphin (6) |
| SASSOON | Siegfried, English poet whose collections include Counter Attack (7) |
| PLATH | Sylvia _, poet whose collections include Ariel and Winter Trees (5) |
| ADRIANHENRI | Poet whose collections include Wish You Were Here and Penny Arcade (6,5) |
| RAINE | Craig ___, English poet whose collections include A Martian Sends a Postcard Home |
| PHILIPLARKIN | English poet whose collections include The Whitsun Weddings (1964) and High Windows (194) (6,6) |
| BELLOC | Hilaire, poet whose collections include The Bad Child's Book of Beasts (6) |
| HUGHES | Ted, poet whose collections include The Hawk in the Rain (6) |
| THOM | _ Gunn, poet whose collections include 1992's The Man With Night Sweats (4) |
| GEORGE | English poet whose collections include 1810's The Borough; described by Byron as 'nature's sternest painter (6) |
| CRABBE | English poet whose collections include 1810's The Borough; described by Byron as 'nature's sternest painter (6) |
| SMITH | Stevie -; pen name of the poet whose collections include A Good Time Was Had By All and Not Waving But Drowning (5) |
| ZEPHANIAH | Benjamin ---, British poet and Rastafarian whose collections include Talking Turkeys (9) |
| NASH | Ogden, American humorist whose collections include Hard Lines (4) |
| LARDNER | Ring ?, short story writer whose collections include The Real Dope and What of It? (7) |
