| BROOKE | Rupert, English poet who died on Skyros in 1915 (6) |
| SPORADES | Greek archipelago in the Aegean Sea that includes Skiathos and Skyros (8) |
| GRAVES | Rupert, English actor who played Inspector Lestrade in the TV series Sherlock (6) |
| LANDOR | Poet who died at Florence - from England, originally (6) |
| DYLANTHOMAS | Famous English poet who died in 1953? (5,6) |
| SPENDER | Stephen, English poet who died in 1995 (7) |
| SASSOON | Siegfried, English poet who died in 1967 (7) |
| SITWELL | Dame Edith, English poet who died in 1964 (7) |
| OWEN | Wilfred, English poet who died in 1918 (4) |
| DEXTER | Colin ------, author who died on Tuesday (6) |
| JEKYLL | Influential British gardener who died on December 8, 1932 (6) |
| LORDBYRON | English poet who died shortly after leading part of a rebel army in a campaign against the Ottoman Empire |
| KEATS | English poet who died alongside the Spanish Steps, aged 25 (5) |
| MONROE | One of three presidents who died on July 4 |
| DESOTO | Explorer who died on the banks of the Mississippi |
| OLIVER | REID WHO DIED ON ATWT (2010) |
| EVERETT | Rupert, English actor who played Oscar Wilde in the 2018 film The Happy Prince (7) |
| EZRAPOUND | US poet who died in Venice, Italy in 1972 (4,5) |
| POUND | Ezra ___, US poet who died in Venice, Italy, in 1972 (5) |
| DONNE | John, English metaphysical poet who died in 1631 (5) |
