| KYD | Thomas ___, 16th-century English dramatist who authored The Spanish Tragedy (3) |
| UDALL | Nicholas ___, 16th-century English dramatist who wrote Ralph Roister Doister (5) |
| THOMASKYD | 16th-century English dramatist noted for his revenge play The Spanish Tragedy |
| OTWAY | Thomas, English dramatist who authored the 1675 play Alcibiades (5) |
| ORTON | Joe, English dramatist who authored Loot (5) |
| TALLIS | Thomas ___, 16th-century English composer (6) |
| GRESHAM | Sir Thomas ___, 16th-century financier who founded the Royal Exchange in London (7) |
| FLETCHER | John, English Jacobean dramatist who authored The Wilde Goose Chase (8) |
| LORCA | Federico Garcia, Spanish poet and dramatist who authored the play Blood Wedding (5) |
| NASHE | Thomas ___, 16th-century pamphleteer, poet and author of The Unfortunate Traveller (5) |
| MARLOWE | 16th-century English dramatist and poet (surname) (7) |
| ANOUILH | Jean, French dramatist who authored the plays Antigone and Becket (7) |
| IONESCO | Eugene, Romanian-born dramatist who authored The Bald Prima Donna (7) |
| FEYDEAU | Georges, French dramatist who authored the farce Un fil A la patte (7) |
| EURIPIDES | Greek tragic dramatist who authored the plays Medea and Hecuba |
| MOLNAR | Ferenc, dramatist who authored the 1909 play Liliom (6) |
| HARE | David -; English dramatist who wrote the screenplays to The Hours and The Reader (4) |
| PEELE | 16th-century English dramatist George |
| FROBISHER | Sir Martin ___, 16th-century English explorer who searched for the Northwest Passage |
| MORE | Sir Thomas ___, 16th-century statesman (4) |
