| PHILIPLARKIN | English poet whose verse collections include The Whitsun Weddings |
| GAVINEWART | English poet whose verse collections include No Fool like an Old Fool and The Young Pobble's Guide to His Toes |
| YEATS | W.B. ---, Irish poet and dramatist whose verse collections include The Tower (5) |
| LARKIN | Philip ___, English poet whose collections include The Whitsun Weddings |
| BUTLERYEATS | William --- ---, Irish poet and dramatist whose verse collections include 1928's The Tower (6,5) |
| PHILIP | English poet whose collections included 1964's The Whitsun Weddings, _ Larkin (6) |
| HUGHES | Ted, poet whose collections include The Hawk in the Rain (6) |
| DAYS | Philip Larkin poem included in The Whitsun Weddings (4) |
| BELLOC | Hilaire, poet whose collections include The Bad Child's Book of Beasts (6) |
| LOWELL | Robert, U.S. poet whose collections include The Dolphin (6) |
| EECUMMINGS | US poet whose verse is characterised by eccentric punctuation (1,1,8) |
| LARDNER | Ring ?, short story writer whose collections include The Real Dope and What of It? (7) |
| RAINE | Craig ___, English poet whose collections include A Martian Sends a Postcard Home |
| SASSOON | Siegfried, English poet whose collections include Counter Attack (7) |
| BERKOFF | Steven ?, actor and playwright whose verse plays include East and Greek (7) |
| WHITMAN | Walt ---, American poet known for the verse collection Leaves Of Grass (7) |
| WALTWHITMAN | 19th-century American poet famous for the verse collection Leaves Of Grass (1855) |
| ADRIANHENRI | Poet whose collections include Wish You Were Here and Penny Arcade (6,5) |
| FLEUR | Poet whose collections include Tigers (1967) and Dragon Talk (2010) (5,6) |
| ADCOCK | Poet whose collections include Tigers (1967) |
