| EMPSON | William ?, British poet and critic who authored 1930's Seven Types of Ambiguity (6) |
| BETJEMAN | John ?, British poet who authored 1966 collection High and Low (8) |
| FRIESEGREENE | William ?, British photographer; subject of 1951 biopic The Magic Box (6-6) |
| WORDSWORTH | William, British poet laureate 1843-50 (10) |
| SCOTT | William ?, British Abstract Expressionist painter whose works include 1947's Mackerel |
| PITT | William ?, British prime minister from 1766-68 (4) |
| HUGO | Australian star of Seven Types of Ambiguity, ___ Weaving (4) |
| LANDOR | Walter Savage -, British poet and author (6) |
| DELPHI | Source of ambiguity in model philanthropy (6) |
| SITWELL | Edith ---, British poet and critic who became a Dame in 1954 (7) |
| EDITHSITWELL | 20th Century British poet and critic noted for her formidable personality and Elizabethan dress (5,7) |
| ROBERTGRAVES | British poet and author, known for works such 'I, Claudius' and 'Goodbye to all that', who lived in DeA-a, Mallorca from 1929 to 1936 and 1946 until his death in 1985 (6,6) |
| GOSSE | Sir Edmund -, British poet and critic |
| COLERIDGE | Samuel Taylor ---, English poet and critic who wrote The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (9) |
| AGATE | James ?, British theatre critic who authored the nine-volume diary Ego (5) |
| POUND | Ezra ---, Americanborn Modernist poet and critic who promoted Imagism (5) |
| SPENDER | Sir Stephen, poet and critic who died in 1995 (7) |
| EZRAPOUND | American-born Modernist poet and critic who promoted Imagism (4,5) |
| STEPHENSPENDER | Poet and critic who resigned as Encounter's literary editor when its covert CIA funding was confirmed in 1967 |
| LITMUSTEST | Indicator literally needs to point without trace of ambiguity (6,4) |
