| STATIUS | Roman poet known for his Silvae collection and Thebaid (7) |
| JUVENAL | Roman poet known for his 2nd century AD collection Satires (7) |
| VIRGIL | 1st century BC Roman poet known for his Eclogues (6) |
| CIRCUMUNDIQUE | From everywhere around and on all sides, vide e.g. Statius Silvae 2.5.12 clausis ____ ____ portis |
| ANNUS | A year, or part of it: nunc frondent silvae, nunc formosissimus ____, Ecl. 3.57 |
| ALIGER | Winged — as of Mercury (vide Statius Silvae 3.3.80) |
| KHAYYAM | Poet known for his 6 (4,7) |
| WHITMAN | Walt ---, American poet known for the verse collection Leaves Of Grass (7) |
| HERRICK | Robert -, lyric poet known for 1648 volume Hesperides (7) |
| SPENSER | Edmund ___ (c. 1552-99), English poet known for the epic poem The Faerie Queene (7) |
| GUTTERS | Channels for the collection and clearing of rainwater. (7) |
| PIRATED | Vermin included in motley collection and reproduced without permission (7) |
| OGDEN | _ Nash, 20th-century American poet known for his pithy and funny light verse (5) |
| OMAR | Poet known for his 6 (4,7) |
| CHAUCER | Poet known as the father of English literature, d. 1400 (7) |
| PINDAR | Greek lyric poet known for his odes |
| OMARKHAYYAM | Persian poet known for his quatrains |
| ANACREON | Ancient Greek lyric poet known for his drinking songs (8) |
| TOMPAULIN | Northern Irish poet known for his appearances on BBC review shows |
| ROCHESTER | John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of _, 17th-century poet known for his rakish lifestyle (9) |
