| CANTILENA | Song and English literature Glaswegian is unable mostly to take up |
| NELLIEDEAN | Cover of NME list includes German song and English one |
| REEXAMINE | Sad ex-remainer mostly to take another look (2-7) |
| SUSANNE | Suspicion mostly to take possession of girl |
| DRABBLE | Jigsaw-puzzle enthusiast and author of novels including A Summer Bird-Cage and The Millstone who has edited two editions of The Oxford Companion to English Literature (7) |
| FINNEGANSWAKE | 1939 novel which "has yet to be fathomed, and probably never will be" (Oxford Companion to English Literature) (9,4) |
| ELITIST | English literature is translated to German for the select few (7) |
| LANGLAND | Piers Plowman, a great example of English literature, is said to have been written by the 14th-century poet, William ___ (8) |
| SHAKESPEARE | The "father" of English Literature and prose. His plays often play with gender roles and leave room for queer interpretations. Wrote over half of his sonnets for "the fair youth." |
| ANNEHATHAWAY | Woman about whom very little is known, other than her marriage to one of the most influential figures in English literature (4,8) |
| TILE | English Literature picked up in item of coverage |
| ELITISM | Belief in the best English literature is supported by millions |
| EYRES | Jane of classic english literature, and those with the same last name |
| ELITISTS | Select group in English Literature is embracing someone really good (8) |
| SPURGEON | Caroline ___, English literary critic who was the first female professor of English Literature |
| MERRYMEN | The group of outlaws who follow Robin Hood in English literature and folklore (5,3) |
| LAKEPOETS | Student revised Keats and Poe — part of English Literature syllabus? |
| WYATT | Thomas ___, 16th-century poet credited with introducing the sonnet to English literature (5) |
| CHAUCER | Poet known as the father of English literature, d. 1400 (7) |
| ELIOT | In English literature there's place for old poet |
