| POETLAUREATE | Priest leaving church leader a true tale translated for Alfred, Lord Tennyson once (4,8) |
| LOUIS | (and 5 Across) Spurious tale translated for French chemist (5,7) |
| ATHLETES | The tales translated for sporty types |
| GRANDMARNIER | Nan and niece leaving church splitting bishop's liqueur (5,7) |
| LIGHTBRIGADE | The Charge Of The --- ---, 1854 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson (5,7) |
| ULYSSES | Roman name for Odysseus; a poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson; a novel by James Joyce; or, the name of a s |
| LITERATURE | True tale I adapted about rector for serious reading (10) |
| OINTMENT | A parish priest leaving meeting with cream available from 15 (8) |
| ALLEVIATE | A vile tale translated with ease (9) |
| INMEMORIAM | 1850 poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson, that is a requiem for his friend Arthur Henry Hallam |
| ARDEN | Narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson about a seaman wrecked on a desert island (5,5) |
| ENOCH | Narrative poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson about a seaman wrecked on a desert island (5,5) |
| INFANT | 'An ___ crying for the light' Alfred, Lord Tennyson, In Memoriam A. H.H. (1850) (6) |
| REALM | 'A day may sink or save a ___': Alfred Lord Tennyson (5) |
| INITIAL | A starter for Alfred for instance |
| FINCH | Will find daughter leaving church with a little bird (5) |
| OTHELLO | Play the cello, leaving church after orchestra's leader (7) |
| LOTUS | So true tale is adapted by one given to indolence (5,5) |
| EATER | So true tale is adapted by one given to indolence (5-5) |
| LATE | Tale translated behind time (4) |
