| BLINDHARRY | The author of the poem 'The Wallace', which recounts the life of William Wallace (5,5) |
| CORNWELL | Author whose Saxon Stories including The Last Kingdom recount the life of Alfred the Great as told by Uhtred of Bebbanburg (8) |
| WARCRY | Shout of William Wallace, e.g. (6) |
| ALASKA | Setting for Jon Krakauer's biography, Into The Wild, which recounts the odyssey of Christopher McCan |
| CRIMEANWAR | Conflict during which the poem The Charge Of The Light Brigade is set (7,3) |
| ABBEYCRAIG | Hill near Stirling on which the Wallace Monument stands (5,5) |
| BRAVEHEART | Mel Gibson's epic tale of 13th-century Scottish rebel warrior William Wallace |
| WORDSWORTH | The writer of the poem known as 'Daffodils' (10) |
| ALEXANDERPOPE | Author of the poem The Rape of the Lock (9,4) |
| HOOD | Thomas, author of the poem The Song of the Shirt (4) |
| POPE | Alexander, author of the poem The Rape of the Lock (4) |
| MILLAY | Edna St Vincent --, author of the poem "The Buck in the Snow" (6) |
| TENNYSON | Alfred ___, author of the poems The Lady of Shalott and Voices in the Mist (8) |
| LYDGATE | John, author of the poem The Fall of Princes (7) |
| SOUTHWELL | Robert, 16th Century English author of the poem The Burning Babe (9) |
| KAVANAGH | Patrick --, Irish poet and novelist, author of the poem "The Great Hunger" (8) |
| PATIENT | The English -; novel by Michael Ondaatje, author also of the poem The Cinnamon Peeler (7) |
| DELAMARE | Author of the poem The Listeners (2,2,4) |
| CITIZENKANE | Which famous film was based on the life of William Randolph Hearst? (7,4) |
| LANGLAND | William ___, 14th-century English poet to whom the poem The Vision of William concerning Piers the Plowman is attributed |
