| JAMESHOGG | Scottish poet, known as the Ettrick Shepherd (5,4) |
| HOGG | Scottish poet known as the Ettrick Shepherd whose aptitude for writing was discovered by Sir Walter Scott (4) |
| HOGGART | Skill of the Ettrick Shepherd? His literacy had its uses (7) |
| HOGGISH | Gluttonous like the Ettrick Shepherd? |
| RENEE | ___ Vivien, British poet known as the Muse of the Violets |
| CHAUCER | Poet known as the father of English literature, d. 1400 (7) |
| HENRYDAVIDTHOREAU | American essayist and poet known as 'the hermit of Walden' |
| RIMBAUD | Poet known as the father of French Symbolism |
| OMAR | Poet known as "the Tentmaker" |
| LASCELLESABERCROMBIE | Poet known as the Georgian Laureate, father of a 20th-century town planner |
| MACKELLAR | Australian poet known for My Country (9) |
| TOMPAULIN | Northern Irish poet known for his appearances on BBC review shows |
| IAMBWOMAN | Poet known for her footwork? |
| OGDENNASH | 20th-century US poet known for his pithy and funny light verse (5,4) |
| DICKINSON | Emily ---, 19th Century American poet known for her unconventional use of metre and capitalisation (9) |
| EZRAPOUND | US modernist poet known for works including 1920's Hugh Selwyn Mauberley (4,5) |
| ROCHESTER | John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of _, 17th-century poet known for his rakish lifestyle (9) |
| SELKIRK | Former royal burgh in the Borders (pop about 6,000), on the Ettrick Water (7) |
| TWEED | Its tributaries include the River Teviot and Ettrick Water (5) |
| BUTE | The Red Hot Chilli Pipers played at this festival in Ettrick Bay in July, which island was it on? (4) |
