| DYNASTS | The ____ is a three-part Thomas Hardy "closet drama" in poetry and prose, about the Napoleonic wars |
| LITERATURE | Left it, with hesitation, at an English river, captured in poetry and prose (10) |
| WAR | Tolstoy's classic novel about the Napoleonic wars (3,3,5) |
| PEACE | Tolstoy's classic novel about the Napoleonic wars (3,3,5) |
| BILLPOSTER | William rewrites prose about the first advertiser (10) |
| SCLEROMA | Hard stuff from raucous closet drama that's tad off (8) |
| ANDPEACE | Epic novel by Tolstoy, about the Napoleonic struggle (3,3,5) |
| OUTSETS | Openings in unsuitable places for filming closet dramas? (7) |
| DENIS | ___ Potvin who is one of the greatest defensemen in NHL history and is a three-time James Norris Memorial Trophy winner |
| AESTHETE | A person who has a highly developed appreciation of beauty, especially in poetry and the visual arts (8) |
| AESTHETES | People who have a highly developed appreciation of beauty, especially in poetry and the visual arts (9) |
| YOUNG | Poet who wrote collections including The White Blackbird, Speak to the Earth and The Green Man and prose-study of rare British wild flora A Prospect of Flowers (5) |
| PAUL | ___ Coffey one of the greatest defensemen in NHL history who is a three-time James Norris Memorial Trophy winner |
| JOEMONTANA | 49ers quaterback who is a three-time Super Bowl MVP, in 1982, 1985, and 1990: 2 wds. |
| PATRICKMAHOMES | Chiefs quaterback who is a three-time Super Bowl MVP, in 2020, 2023, and 2024: 2 wds. |
| PERFORMER | Entertainer, or a three- part hint to the shift behind "band perch", "Thor's hamper", "beg for Percy" and "what a bumper" |
| ALAMO | The ___ is a mission in Texas which was the site of a siege in 1836 (5) |
| NORTH | In one direction heliopsis is the ___ American oxeye, and Narcissus 'Queen of the ___' is a smallcupped daffodil! (5) |
| FOSSE | Jon who won the Nobel Prize in Literature "for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable" (October, 2023) |
| JOHN | ___ Vanbiesbrouck former Florida Panthers' goaltender who has more than 300 wins with 374 wins and is a three-time All-Star |
