| Clues | Answers |
| 2’s ‘Miglior Fabbro’ according to the dedication of 6/8 | EZRA |
| 6/8’s cruellest month? | APRIL |
| A snake native to South America – and a variant of poker | ANACONDA |
| Another name for Robin Goodfellow? | PUCK |
| Author of 6/8 | TSELIOT |
| Baroness Lynda __, minister in the Major and Thatcher governments | CHALKER |
| Citrus fruit common in Jamaica | UGLI |
| Dutch university city | LEIDEN |
| Friend of 6/8 author, whose archive of letters at Princeton caused a literary stir | EMILY |
| Henry David __, US author and philosopher | THOREAU |
| Major tributary of the Mississippi | OHIO |
| Pale lager originating in Germany | PILSENER |
| Peninsula extending south and east from Massachusetts | CAPECOD |
| Poem first published 100 years ago | THEWASTE |
| Region of southern France – and its brandy | ARMAGNAC |
| Rhyming slang for ‘tea’ | ROSIELEE |
| See 15 | HALE |
| See 22 Down | POUND |
| See 6 | LAND |
| Syrian city, near the Turkish border | ALEPPO |
| Terry __, Anglican envoy held captive in Lebanon 1987-1991 | WAITE |
| The daughter in Greek mythology of Zeus and Leda | HELEN |
| The __, 1997 Ang Lee movie starring Joan Allen and Kevin Kline | ICESTORM |
| __ Butler, antihero of Gone With the Wind | RHETT |
