| BLINDNESS | Topic of one poem by Milton, and one executed in ignorance? |
| RIVERSEVERN | Run one poem by man and get a flower |
| LARDNER | Fat one executed right writing ring (7) |
| EPISODE | Part of one's poem follows record (7) |
| DEEDPOLL | One may be spoken of in different terms after one's executed |
| POLL | After one's executed, one may be called another name (4,4) |
| DEED | After one's executed, one may be called another name (4,4) |
| PIAFFE | Irrational blunder deposing leader: one's executed on the spot |
| PARADISELOST | Epic poem by Milton first published in 1667 (8,4) |
| SAMSON | ?___ Agonistes", dramatic poem by Milton (6) |
| PARADISE | ___ Lost, epic poem by Milton (8) |
| ILPENSEROSO | Poem by Milton hailing "divinest Melancholy" |
| PARADISEREGAINED | Poem by Milton |
| NONETHEWISER | Still in ignorance, group of players is restricted by one making cuts |
| ZIPCODE | Final letter and one poem that won't offend a number in US |
| LYCIDAS | Which pastoral elegy by Milton is considered one of the finest in the English language? (7) |
| ABBAS | Word linking with Cerne, Compton, Melbury, Milton and Winterbourne for villages and civil parishes in Dorset (5) |
| OFMICEANDMEN | John Steinbeck novel telling the story of George Milton and Lennie Small (2,4,3,3) |
| ILIAD | One boy takes in one poem |
| TRIOLET | Group of three allowed to provide one poem |
