| RAYLESS | Shadowy and gloomy, in the poem "Darkness" by Lord Byron |
| DREAR | Duke stern and gloomy in poem |
| BLACK | Gloomy in the shade (5) |
| CORSAIR | The ___, verse tale by Lord Byron which inspired an opera by Verdi and a ballet by Adam (7) |
| SUNDAYS | The child that, in the poem, is 'bonny and bright and good and gay' (6'1) |
| LENORE | The "her" in the poem with the line "A dirge for her the doubly dead in that she died so young" |
| NIGHTVISION | The ability to see in darkness, by natural, biological or technological means (5,6) |
| CHILLON | Castle on the banks of Lake Geneva in Switzerland that inspired a poem by Lord Byron (7) |
| CHILDEHAROLD | A young man who is the central figure in a long narrative poem by Lord Byron (6,6) |
| EPITAPH | ___ to a Dog; poem written by Lord Byron in honour of his Newfoundland (7) |
| LOCHNAGAR | Grampian mountain that is the subject of a poem by Lord Byron (9) |
| SHE | ___ Walks in Beauty (poem by Lord Byron) |
| CHILDE | ___ Harold's Pilgrimage, narrative poem in four parts by Lord Byron |
| ODE | Type of poem often used as the first word in the poem's title |
| DONJUAN | A legendary Spanish nobleman and philanderer, subject of a poem by Lord Byron (3,4) |
| MORBID | Gloomy in a big way: the world and its end? (6) |
| DARDANELLES | Strait swum across by Lord Byron, called Hellespont in classical times (11) |
| MAZEPPA | 1819 narrative poem by Lord Byron (7) |
| BEPPO | Poem, subtitled A Venetian Story, by Lord Byron (5) |
| THECORSAIR | Tale in verse by Lord Byron (3,7) |
