| HORACE | Roman lyric poet who lived during the time of Augustus, famous for his Odes (6) |
| OVID | This cultivar of dessert pear is also a Roman poet who lived during the reign of Augustus (4) |
| DRYDEN | British poet famous for his odes on "St. Cecilia's Day", Heroic Stanzas, All For Love, etc. (4,6) |
| JOHN | British poet famous for his odes on "St. Cecilia's Day", Heroic Stanzas, All For Love, etc. (4,6) |
| KEATS | Surname of the poet famous for his "Odes" (5) |
| PINDAR | Greek lyric poet (c. 518-438 BC) noted for his odes (Epinikia) celebrating victories in the games at Olympia and elsewhere (6) |
| NAWABS | Male governors in India during the time of the Mogul empire (6) |
| HESIOD | Greek poet who lived around 700BC and wrote Theogony, describing origins of the gods |
| ESSENE | Sect member during the time of Christ |
| BECKET | Tony-winning play set during the time of Henry II |
| ICE | The mastadon and mammoth are predecessors of the 23A who lived during the ___ Age |
| SAPPHO | Early Greek poet who lived on Lesbos (6) |
| JACOBEAN | Person who lived during the reign of James I of England (8) |
| PAROLE | During the time, getting a conditional release (6) |
| WHILST | During the time that (6) |
| ERASMUS | Dutch philosopher who lived during the Northern Renaissance (7) |
| MESOZOICERA | The Albertosaurus lived during the late Cretaceous Period which is part of what geologic time? |
| ERA | Brought up in Nazareth during the time of Tiberius, for instance (3) |
| NAWAB | A native governor during the time of the Mogul empire (5) |
| WORDSWORTH | Poet who lived at Dove Cottage in Grasmere with his sister Dorothy for eight years where he wrote many of his best-known works (10) |