| TEDHUGHES | The British Poet Laureate 1984-98 and author of The Iron Man (3,6) |
| ANDREWMOTION | The British Poet Laureate 1999-2009 (6,6) |
| KAGAWA | Julie, author of The Iron Fey book series (6) |
| HUGHES | Ted, British poet laureate, 1984-98 (6) |
| EGILOLSEN | 1990-98 and 2009-13 Norway boss (4,5) |
| NAHUMTATE | British poet laureate, 1692-1715 |
| VALLEINCLAN | Who was a member of the Spanish Generation of '98 and wrote plays, including Bohemian Lights (1920) |
| BERLINWALL | 91-mile-long barrier of barbed wire and concrete that formed part of the Iron Curtain and its crossi |
| STREEP | Player of the Iron Lady in "The Iron Lady" |
| GWYNETH | ___ Paltrow, Robert Downey Jr's costar in the Iron Man and Avengers films, playing Pepper Potts (7) |
| ROBOT | Go off entertaining book, and love The Iron Man? (5) |
| DOWNEY | Robert _ Jnr, plays the lead in the Iron Man movies (6) |
| TRIESTE | The southern end of the Iron Curtain, in Churchill's formulation (7) |
| BATALI | One of the Iron Chefs on "Iron Chef America" |
| ONAGER | Weapon from the latter part of the Iron Age |
| NAHUM | And 15 British Poet Laureate (1692-1715) who wrote a version of King Lear with a happy ending in 1681 (5,4) |
| OLAF | 1984-98 West Germany/Germany and 1988-94 Bayern Munich midfielder/defender (4,4) |
| THON | 1984-98 West Germany/Germany and 1988-94 Bayern Munich midfielder/defender (4,4) |
| OLAFTHON | 1984-98 West Germany/Germany and 1988-94 Bayern Munich midfielder/ defender (4,4) |
| CECIL | British Poet Laureate who wrote mystery novels under the pseudonym Nicholas Blake, ... Day-Lewis |
