| MEREDITH | Victorian author whose poem The Lark Ascending inspired Vaughan Williams to compose an instrumental work of the same name (8) |
| CHAUCER | Author whose poem The Parliament of Fowls is said to have contributed towards the tradition of Valentine's Day (7) |
| SKYLARK | Depicted in a poem by George Meredith that later inspired Ralph Vaughan Williams to write a classical piece, a bird noted for its continuous melodic song when high in flight (7) |
| WILLIAMS | Vaughan -; surname of a symphonist noted for works inducing The Lark Ascending (inspired by George Meredith's poem), Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis and the English Folk Song Suite (8) |
| COLERIDGE | Author of Kubla Khan and Biographia Literaria whose poem The Keepsake recalls the flowers forget-me-not, foxglove, rose and woodbine (honeysuckle) (9) |
| TEXTESE | Any one of the abbreviations or words used to compose an SMS (7) |
| DAVIES | Author whose poem Leisure begins: "What is this life if, full of care, We have no time to stand and |
| VIDEO | On screen, a girl has to compose an ode (5) |
| VIOLIN | A musical instrument used to play Vivaldi's The Four Seasons or Vaughan Williams' The Lark Ascending (6) |
| VAUGHAN | Ralph _ Williams, English composer whose works included 1914's The Lark Ascending (7) |
| BYRON | Author of the travelogue The Road to Oxiana whose poem All These I Learnt was read by the Prince of |
| RALPH | --- Vaughan Williams, English composer of The Lark Ascending (5) |
| PENTATONICSCALE | Vaughan Williams used it in "The Lark Ascending" |
| VAUGHANWILLIAMS | English composer whose works include The Lark Ascending (5,7,8) |
| TSE | Monogram of the author whose poems inspired "Cats" |
| EDGAR | Forename of the writer, Poe, whose poem Tamerlane is said to be inspired or influenced by Byron (5) |
| STEIN | Writer whose poem Sacred Emily features the line "Rose is a rose is a rose is a rose"; or, a type of beer mug (5) |
| DOWSON | Member of the Rhymers' Club, also associated with the Decadent Movement, whose poems are the source of the phrases "gone with the wind" and "days of wine and roses" (6) |
| MOORE | Scholar whose poem A Visit from St Nicholas names Santa Claus's reindeer and captures the anticipation of the night before Christmas (5) |
| AUDEN | 20th Century poet whose poem Funeral Blues is recited in the film Four Weddings and a Funeral (5) |
