| TITYRUS | Shepherd in Virgil's Eclogues (7) |
| CORYDON | Stock character of a shepherd or rustic youth, as in Virgil's Eclogues and Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene (7) |
| DELIA | Shepherdess in Virgil's "Eclogues" |
| AMOR | Subject in Virgil's "Eclogues" |
| AMARYLLIS | From Greek for "sparkle, shine", the naked lady or belladonna lily, named after a shepherdess or country girl appearing in Virgil's Eclogues and other works of Roman literature (9) |
| SPENSER | Poet noted for his portrayal of virtues through knights' quests in The Faerie Queene and a series of 12 eclogues named after months in The Shepheardes Calender (7) |
| ELYSIUM | Abode of the blessed dead in Greek mythology, described in Virgil's Aeneid as a region of Hades (7) |
| ACHATES | Close friend of Aeneas in Virgil's 'Aeneid' (7) |
| CLAMBER | Caught shepherd in spring having to scramble (7) |
| TERENCE | Roman poet - recent translation contains the first of the Eclogues (7) |
| MISENUS | Character in Virgil's epic poem the Aeneid who was a brother-in-arms of Hector |
| ECLOGUE | Short poem, especially a pastoral dialogue such as those in Virgil's Bucolica (7) |
| DAPHNIS | Son of Hermes who was a Sicilian shepherd in Greek mythology (7) |
| XFACTOR | International television talent show - the UK version was hosted by Ben Shepherd in 2005, The ... (1 |
| DEMPSEY | Patrick ___ actor who played Derek Shepherd in the medical drama television show Grey's Anatomy |
| ALPHORN | 12-foot-long folk instrument traditionally played by Swiss shepherds in the mountains (7) |
| LEADETH | Shepherds, in the Bible |
| OMNIAVINCITAMOR | Quote from Virgil's "Eclogues" |
| LOVECONQUERSALL | Axiom from Virgil's "Eclogue X" |
| OMNIA | - vincit amor, a Latin phrase, from Virgil's Eclogue X, that translates as "love conquers all" (5) |
