| HEANEY | Seamus -; poet whose collection Field Work includes Oysters, The Otter and sequence Glanmore Sonnets (6) |
| CHRONOLOGIST | An expert in the determination of dates and sequence of events (12) |
| MAMBO | Way of working involving a large number of bits and sequence of steps |
| RUMMY | Card game of set and sequence building |
| HOUSMAN | Classical scholar and poet whose collection A Shropshire Lad includes March, Bredon Hill, The Lent Lily and Hughley Steeple (7) |
| BROWNING | Poet whose collection Dramatic Lyrics includes The Pied Piper of Hamelin and My Last Duchess (8) |
| MINK | Animal in the same family as the otter and the ferret |
| YEATS | W. B. -; Irish poet whose collection The Tower includes Sailing to Byzantium (5) |
| WHITMAN | Poet whose collection Leaves of Grass includes I Sing the Body Electric (7) |
| WILLIAMSON | Henry ?, author of novels Tarka the Otter and Salar the Salmon (10) |
| CLARE | Poet whose collection The Rural Muse illuminates aspects of country life including oak trees, fairy rings, a nightingale's nest, forest flowers and a shepherd's hut (5) |
| ALLENGINSBERG | Beat poet whose collection Howl and Other Poems was published in 1956 |
| MUNRO | Hector Hugh -; author "Saki" whose collection of short stories Beasts and Super-Beasts includes The Hen, The Quince Tree and The Lumber Room (5) |
| PHILIPLARKIN | English poet whose collections include The Whitsun Weddings (1964) and High Windows (194) (6,6) |
| HUGHES | Ted, poet whose collections include The Hawk in the Rain (6) |
| BADGER | A burrowing animal of the otter and weasel family (6) |
| LARKIN | Poet, novelist, jazz critic, librarian and editor of The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse whose collection The Less Deceived includes Church Going (6) |
| BROOKE | Rupert --; author whose collection 1914 and Other Poems contains The Old Vicarage, Grantchester and The Soldier (6) |
| 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) |
