| AUDEN | W. H._, Anglo-american poet, critic and librettist (5) |
| CHANDLER | Raymond _, Anglo-american writer who created fictional detective Philip Marlowe (8) |
| EDITH | English poet, critic and biographer (1887-1964) whose autobiography, Taken Care Of, was published posthumously in 1965 (5) |
| ELIOT | Arts subject, in brief, to include old Anglo-American poet |
| HALLE | Charles _, Anglo-german pianist and conductor; founded an orchestra in Manchester in 1858 (5) |
| BOITO | Arrigo -, poet and librettist for Verdi |
| TSELIOT | Anglo-American poet awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948 (1,1,5) |
| JOHNDRYDEN | English poet, critic and dramatist who became the first official Poet Laureate in 1668 (4,6) |
| CATS | Initials of Anglo-American poet going on about practical creatures |
| SITWELL | English poet, critic and biographer (1887-1964) whose autobiography, Taken Care Of, was published posthumously in 1965 (7) |
| WHAUDEN | Anglo-American poet |
| THOM | Anglo-American poet Gunn |
| DAPONTE | Musical work held up by poet and librettist (2,5) |
| GIANCARLOMENOTTI | Italian-American composer and librettist, 1911-2007 (4,5,7) |
| EDDIE | (& 20-down) Oz actor (and librettist) said to turn tense (5,7) |
| GILBERT | W.S., playwright and librettist who worked with Arthur Sullivan (7) |
| ALANJAYLERNER | American lyricist and librettist best known for his collaborations with Frederick Loewe |
| LERNER | Alan Jay --, American lyricist and librettist (6) |
| MIKADO | The -; one of the collaborations of composer Arthur Sullivan and librettist W. S. Gilbert (6) |
| LYRICIST | Disheartened Cavalli introduced to old musician and librettist |
