| NIGHTMAIL | WH Auden poem originally written for a railway documentary film |
| FORALLWEKNOW | Song originally written for the 1970 film Lovers and Other Strangers that was a hit single for the Carpenters |
| LAYLADYLAY | Dylan hit originally written for "Midnight Cowboy" |
| ITSONLYAPAPERMOON | Popular song by Harold Arlen, with lyrics by E Y Harburg and Billy Rose, originally written for the Broadway play The Great Magoo |
| ARTS | WH Auden poem based on a painting by Bruegel (5,3,5,4) |
| DESBEAUX | WH Auden poem based on a painting by Bruegel (5,3,5,4) |
| MUSEE | WH Auden poem based on a painting by Bruegel (5,3,5,4) |
| FUNERAL | WH Auden poem made famous by Four Weddings and a Funeral (7,5) |
| BLUES | WH Auden poem made famous by Four Weddings and a Funeral (7,5) |
| MAIL | Night ___, WH Auden poem (4) |
| BOX | Receptacle for matches, a hat or a selection of chocolates; shrub used for topiary and knot gardens; an old square pew; or, a short word for a railway signaller's cabin (3) |
| DOGGEREL | ___ by a Senior Citizen, 1969 poem by WH Auden (8) |
| TRAINDRIVER | What a motoring school should do for a railway worker? (5,6) |
| LOOPHOLE | Means of escape for a railway line meeting a difficult situation? (8) |
| SPIRAL | Name given to a technique for a railway to ascend steep hills (6) |
| AUTOGRAPH | A signature of a celebrity written for a fan to keep (9) |
| AGE | "The ___ of Anxiety" (name of an Auden poem and a Bernstein symphony) |
| ABANDONED | “A poem is never finished, only ____” (WH Auden paraphrasing French poet Paul Valéry) |
| OSAY | Opening words of a poem originally titled "Defence of Fort McHenry" |
| SLEEPER | One of the horizontal beams serving as support for a railway track |
