| BENJONSON | English playwright and poet (1572-1637) (3,6) |
| CONGREVE | William ___, English playwright and poet whose comedies include Love for Love and The Way of the World |
| JOHNGAY | English playwright and poet of the early 18th century (4,3) |
| MIDDLETON | Thomas _, English Jacobean playwright and poet (9) |
| APHRABEHN | English Restoration playwright and poet noted for The Rover (5,4) |
| MARLOWE | Christopher ___, influential English playwright and poet stabbed to death in a Deptford tavern in 1593 (7) |
| JOHNDONNE | English Metaphysical poet, born 1572, whose works included The Flea (4,5) |
| DESCARTES | Rene -; French philosopher who coined the dictum cogito, ergo sum (I think, therefore I am) in his 1637 treatise Discourse on Method (9) |
| INARCADIA | Et ___ ego, motto from a painting of 1637-38 by Nicolas Poussin (2,7) |
| CIBBER | Colley ___, English actor, playwright and Poet Laureate (1730-57) (6) |
| NOEL | ___ Coward, English playwright and actor who wrote the song Mad Dogs and Englishmen (4) |
| BENNETT | Alan _; English playwright and dramatist (7) |
| COWARD | Noel _; English playwright and composer (6) |
| ALAN | - Bennett, English playwright and author . Unfortunately (4) |
| BOLT | Robert ---, English playwright and Oscarwinning screenwriter (4) |
| ABLEMAN | Paul "****". English playwright and author born in 1927 (7) |
| FLECKER | Novelist, playwright and poet whose works include The Golden Journey to Samarkand, The Old Ships and Hassan (7) |
| BRECHT | German playwright and poet, 1898-1956, who co-wrote The Threepenny Opera and wrote The Caucasian Chalk Circle (6) |
| MITCHELL | Julian ___, English playwright and screenwriter best known for the play Another Country |
| SHAKESPEARE | Playwright and poet (11) |
