| EZRAPOUND | U.S. poet and critic to whom TS Eliot dedicated his poem The Waste Land (4,5) |
| HARPERLEE | To whom Capote dedicated his "non-fiction novel" |
| APRIL | "___ is the cruellest month" - the opening line of TS Eliot's 1922 poem, The Waste Land (5) |
| PARTV | "What the Thunder Said' in T.S. Eliot's poem The Waste Land, ___ _ |
| DETRACTOR | Critic to ban mechanisation in farming? (9) |
| ELALAMEIN | WWII desert battlefield commemorated by Kenneth Slessorin his poem, Beach Burial (2,7) |
| MASEFIELD | John ---, English writer best known for his poems of the sea (9) |
| STEARNS | Middle name of T S Eliot, author of 1922 poem The Waste Land (7) |
| ANGELOU | Maya, U.S. poet and civil rights activist who read her poem at Bill Clinton's inauguration in 1993 (7) |
| MOORE | Who wrote in his poem The Night Before Christmas: "And then, in a twinkling, I heard on the roof The |
| WILLIAMBLAKE | English poet and painter noted for his poems The Tyger and The Sick Rose (7,5) |
| ELIOT | T. S. -; poet and dramatist who wrote the verse plays Murder in the Cathedral, The Family Reunion and The Cocktail Party (5) |
| THOREAU | Henry David, U.S. poet and philosopher noted for his book Walden (7) |
| OMAR | ____ Khayyam, Persian poet and mathematician noted for his poem The Rubaiyat (4) |
| WALTERDELAMARE | English poet, short story writer and novelist best known for his poem The Listeners |
| EDWARDLEAR | English poet noted for his poems The Jumblies and The Dong With A Luminous Nose (6,4) |
| HUGHES | Ted -; poet who dedicated his first collection The Hawk in the Rain to his first wife, Sylvia Plath (6) |
| SMITH | Patti, U.S. poet and singer/songwriter noted for her 1975 album Horses (5) |
| DOROTHY | _____ Parker, U.S. poet and satirist born in 1893 noted for her wisecracks (7) |
| ADRIENNE | ___ Rich, U.S. poet and essayist born in 1929, noted for her feminist views (8) |
