| MACCAIG | Norman ___, Edinburgh-born recipient of the 1986 Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry (7) |
| LES | 1998 winner of the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, ... Murray |
| ARMOUR | Tommy ___, Edinburgh-born golfer who won the 1927 US Open, the 1930 PGA Championship and the 1931 British Open |
| SOVEREIGN | Queen gold disc? (9) |
| KIND | 1986 Queen hit, A ---- of Magic (4) |
| AKINDOFMAGIC | 1986 Queen album, their first to be digitally recorded |
| ELLIOTT | Winner of the gold medal for the 1,500m at the 1960 Olympics in Rome, Herb ... |
| GRAHAME | Kenneth ___ (1859-1932), Edinburgh born writer of The Wind in the Willows (1908) (7) |
| HALDANE | Richard ___ (1856 - 1928) , Edinburgh-born lawyer who was Lord Chancellor (1912 - 15 and 1924) (7) |
| SEONAID | Edinburgh-born rifle shooter who attended Tokyo Olympics 2020, - McIntosh (7) |
| SOYINKA | Wole ___, winner of the 1986 Nobel Prize in Literature (7) |
| DEBURGH | Singer of the 1986 hit The Lady in Red, Chris -- ----- (2,5) |
| ROETHKE | Theodore ?, writer whose volume The Waking won the 1954 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry (7) |
| LECARRE | Author of the 1986 novel A Perfect Spy (2,5) |
| BOBTWAY | Winner of the 1986 PGA Championship |
| OVERSEE | Be responsible for poetry written in Old English (7) |
| ADVERSE | Publicity for poetry is unfortunate (7) |
| DIVERSE | Familiar name for poetry that's various (7) |
| THOMPSON | Athlete who, at the 1984 Olympics, won the decathlon gold medal for the second time; or, an actress who starred in a television adaptation of Olivia Manning's Fortunes of War (8) |
| NOREAST | No relaxation, enclosing a direction for poetry (3-4) |
