| MAUD | Traditional grey plaid of a Scottish shepherd; or, the title poem of a collection by Alfred Tennyson that also includes The Charge of the Light Brigade (4) |
| ALAARAAF | Title poem of a Poe book |
| PANGOLIN | Depicted in a collection by Patrick Mavros, the world's only scaly mammal and most hunted animal in existence (8) |
| TARTAN | Plaid of a clan |
| HEADING | Something leading, topping or uppermost, such as the top of a curtain or the title/rubric at the top of a page; or, bearing/direction (7) |
| KEEPER | Chatelaine or mistress of a castle or large country house; the curator of a collection in a gallery or museum; or, a fish large enough to be retained when caught (6) |
| REVENGE | The ?, Alfred Tennyson poem about Sir Richard Grenville and the 1591 Battle of Flores with the Spanish fleet in the Azores |
| KRAKEN | Huge sea monster of Norwegian lore; subject of an 1830 poem by Alfred Tennyson (6) |
| BARCELONA | Capital of Catalonia; the fictional birthplace of Fawlty Towers character Manuel; or, the title of a single by Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballe (9) |
| SENSE | Common -; concept/capacity of "koine aisthesis" discussed by Aristotle in his treatise De Anima (On the Soul) ; or, the title of a pamphlet by Thomas Paine (5) |
| LASTPOST | A ceremonial bugle call traditionally sounded on Remembrance Day; or, the title of a poem by Carol Ann Duffy (4,4) |
| BLACKBIRD | An ouzel or merle esteemed for its mellow song; or, the title of a 1968 song by the "Fab Four" (9) |
| THECHARGEOF | And 16 1854 poem by Alfred Tennyson documenting an event in the Crimean War (3,6,2,3,5,7) |
| THECHARGEOFTHELIGHTBRIGADE | 7, 14 and 16 1854 poem by Alfred Tennyson documenting an event in the Crimean War |
| THELIGHT | 1854 poem by Alfred Tennyson documenting an event in the Crimean War (3,6,2,3,5,1) |
| BRIGADE | 1854 poem by Alfred Tennyson documenting an event in the Crimean War (3,6,2,3,5,1) |
| EPOS | Collection of poems of a primitive nature handed down by word of mouth |
| MEXICO | Country just south of the US ... or the title of a song on Carrie Underwood's latest album |
| MONKEY | Tailed primate such as a mandrill; or, the title of Arthur Waley's translation of Journey to the West (6) |
| LIONHEART | Nickname of Richard I, or the title of the second album by Kate Bush (9) |
