| GRAVES | Robert _; English poet and novelist (6) |
| LAURIE | _ Lee, English poet and novelist whose works included Cider With Rosie (6) |
| MEREDITH | George _; English poet and novelist, author of Modern Love (8) |
| SASSOON | Siegfried _; English poet and novelist (7) |
| DRYDEN | John _, English poet and playwright whose plays include All For love (6) |
| SOUTHEY | Robert ___, English poet who was poet laureate from 1813 to 1843 |
| DUDLEY | Robert ___, English courtier and favourite of Elizabeth I made Earl of Leicester in 1564 (6) |
| BROWNING | Robert ___, English poet who married Elizabeth Barrett (8) |
| GOETHE | German poet and novelist (1749-1832) |
| SYLVIA | Tragic poet and novelist who wrote The Bell Jar, ... Plath |
| BROOKE | Rupert _; English poet, author of 1914 and Other Poems (6) |
| MILTON | John _, English poet who wrote Paradise Lost and Lycidas (6) |
| DELAMARE | Walter ___ ___ ___: famous English poet and novelist (2,2,4) |
| THOMASHARDY | English poet and novelist |
| KIPLING | English poet and novelist (7) |
| COWPER | William ___, English poet (1731-1800) and writer of hymns including God Moves in a Mysterious Way, which coined the titular proverb (6) |
| SPENDER | Stephen ___, English poet and friend of Auden, Isherwood and MacNeice (7) |
| LARKIN | Philip _; English poet, author of The Whitsun Weddings (6) |
| INGELOW | Jean, English poet and novelist who wrote several stories for children (7) |
| WYATT | Sir Thomas ___. English poet and courtier. Twice imprisoned on being Anne Boleyn's love and for suspected treason (5) |
