| PLATH | Sylvia -; author of the poetry collection Ariel and the semibiographical novel The Bell Jar (5) |
| SYLVIAPLATH | US-born poetess who wrote the two volumes of verse The Colossus and Ariel, and the novel The Bell Jar (6,5) |
| HEARST | Semibiographical source for "Citizen Kane" |
| BROWN | Orcadian author whose books include the poetry collection Loaves and Fishes, the novel Magnus and essay selection Rockpools and Daffodils (5) |
| ONDAATJE | Michael -; author of the poetry collection The Cinnamon Peeler and the novel The English Patient (8) |
| LEE | Author of the poetry collection The Bloom of Candles and the autobiographical trilogy beginning with Cider with Rosie (3) |
| LAWRENCE | Author of the poetry collections Birds, Beasts and Flowers, Nettles, Pansies and Tortoises as well as the formerly banned and expurgated novel Lady Chatterley's Lover (8) |
| MAYA | Ms Angelou, US author of the poetry collection And Still I Rise (4) |
| ANGELOU | Author of the poetry collection "Just Give Me a Cool Drink of Water 'fore I Diiie" |
| OCEAN | Vuong who wrote the poetry collection "Time Is a Mother" |
| LARKIN | Philip, author of the poetry collection The Whitsun Weddings (6) |
| WALKER | Author of the poetry collection Horses Make a Landscape Look More Beautiful as well as her magnum opus The Color Purple (6) |
| TSELIOT | Writer of the poetry collection, "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats": 3 wds. |
| DELTA | Homeland of Ariel & Matchless motorcycles |
| BROWNING | Robert -; author of the poetry collection Dramatic Lyrics (8) |
| ANNECARSON | Author of the poetry collection "Glass, Irony & God" (1995) |
| AAMILNE | Author of the poetry collection Now We Are Six |
| OVID | Author of the poetry collections Amores and Tristia |
| SMITH | and 19dn, Author of the poetry volumes Harold's Leap and Not Waving But Drowning (6,5) |
| ABSE | Dannie, author of the poetry volume Remembrance of Crimes Past (4) |
