| AVISON | Margaret ___, Canadian poet of Griffin Poetry Prize winning collection Concrete and Wild Carrot |
| ATWOOD | Margaret ___, Canadian poet and author who wrote The Handmaid's Tale (6) |
| ALPURDY | Canadian poet of The Cariboo Horses: 2 wds. |
| CAVETT | Contemporary of Griffin and Carson |
| NATALIEDIAZ | Author of the Pulitzer-winning collection "Postcolonial Love Poem" |
| CURZON | Sarah Anne ___, Canadian poet and feminist activist (1833-1898) (6) |
| UMBEL | Inflorescence of plants including fennel, parsley, dill and wild carrot (5) |
| CHERVIL | From the ancient Greek meaning "leaves of joy", a herb with feathery fern-like fronds in the family that includes angelica, cow parsley, fennel and wild carrot (7) |
| HEMLOCK | Poisonous plant related to parsley, fennel, Queen Anne's lace and wild carrot, believed to have killed Socrates (7) |
| ELIOT | Eponym of a United Kingdom poetry prize |
| TSELIOT | Whom a UK poetry prize is named for |
| TERRAZZO | Flooring material made of chips of marble or granite set in concrete and polished (8) |
| DILL | Herb related to fennel, wild carrot, cow-parsley, lovage and celery (4) |
| ANNE | Queen who gives her name to 'lace' of wild carrot (4) |
| REDEEMER | Christ the ___ one of the 7 wonders of the world which is approximately 125-feet concrete and soapstone statue situated in Rio de Janeiro |
| ROOT | Underground edible part of a plant such as the wild carrot, parsnip, Jerusalem artichoke, burdock, salsify, sorrel, celeriac or horseradish (4) |
| QUEENANNESLACE | Wild carrot's other name, evoking regal tatting (5,5,4) |
| LEONARD | Came So Far For Beauty was a tribute concert held in 2005 celebrating the work of Canadian poet and |
| NARCY | The stage name of Yassin Alsalman, the Iraqi-Canadian poet and rapper who released the album Love & Chaos (SpaceTime Vol 2) in 2020. (5) |
| NADINE | Ms. Williams, Award-winning Jamaican-canadian poet and author |
