| WALTWHITMAN | US poet whose life's work is collected in Leaves of Grass |
| RAIN | What is collected in a udometer? (4) |
| MYSELF | "Song of ___" (opening poem in "Leaves of Grass") |
| PAGES | Leaves in "Leaves of Grass," say |
| EPILOG | Ending part in "Leaves of Grass," initially |
| CAREER | One's life's work is to proceed at breakneck speed (6) |
| CARE | Queen abandoning life's work is a worry (4) |
| WHITMAN | Poet whose compendium and life-work Leaves of Grass includes I Sing the Body Electric, Song of Myself and To Think of Time (7) |
| LUTEIN | A deep yellow pigment found in leaves of plants and in egg yolk (6) |
| STOMA | Minute orifice in leaves of plants (5) |
| CATCHMENT | In geography, the process of collecting water, or a structure in which water is collected (9) |
| BLADES | Swords or swordsmen; leaves of grass; flakes of flint; or, flattish parts of oars or propellers (6) |
| GUILDER | Money left is collected by leader of girls (7) |
| SUMP | Pit, well, or the like, in which water or other liquid is collected (4) |
| LYMPH | Fluid, containing chiefly white blood cells, that is collected from the tissues of the body |
| CASHREGISTER | Where money is collected for Man in Black record (4,8) |
| SUMPS | What are pits in which liquid is collected (5) |
| MACHETE | Fleeing fog, chemist is collected by comrade in chopper (7) |
| COOKTHEBOOKS | Organise naked lunch with leaves of grass in the oven? Sounds like something dodgy accountant would |
| ELECTRIC | I Sing the Body -; one of the poems from Walt Whitman's collection Leaves of Grass (8) |
