| TACITUS | Roman historian and orator best known as a prose stylist (7) |
| LYLY | Prose stylist and playwright noted for his didactic romance written in the elaborate style that became known as "Euphuism" (4) |
| SALLUST | Roman historian and politician whose works include The Conspiracy of Catiline (7) |
| LIVY | Ancient Roman historian and prose writer |
| SUETONIUS | Roman historian and author of Lives of the Caesars |
| CATO | Roman historian and senator (234 BC - 149 BC) (4) |
| TRISTANTZARA | Romania-born French author of 1921 stage play The Gas Heart best known as a founder of Dadaism (7,5) |
| BASS | American singer, dancer, actor, film and TV producer best-known as a member of boy band NSYNC, Lance _ (4) |
| BERNARDBRESSLAW | Jewish comic actor best known as a member of the 'Carry On' movie franchise (1934-1993) (7,8) |
| EATON | Fanny ___, born in Jamaica, best known as a popular model for the Pre-Raphaelites and their circle (5) |
| TZARA | Tristan, Romania-born writer best known as a founder of dadaism (5) |
| ELBA | Mediterranean island, perhaps best known as a historical figure's place of exile in 1814-15 (4) |
| SHOUT | Song originally recorded by The Isley Brothers in 1959 but best known as a hit for Lulu (5) |
| CICERO | Marcus Tullius ___ (106-43 BC), Roman statesman and orator who denounced Mark Antony in the speeches known as the Philippics (6) |
| POSER | A prose form that provides a problem |
| OPERAS | A prose composition dramatic and musical! (6) |
| ESSAY | A prose piece on a specific subject |
| DAPHNISANDCHLOE | Two lovers in a prose idyll attributed to Greek author Longus (7,3,5) |
| TULLY | Former English name for the Roman philosopher, politician, lawyer and orator Cicero |
| OCONNELL | Daniel, Irish nationalist leader and orator who died in 1847 (1'7) |
