| 100% | NERUDA | 6 | "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair" writer |
| 100% | NERUDA | 6 | Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair writer Pablo |
| 78% | PABLO | 5 | ___ Neruda, Nobel prize-winning Chilean poet who wrote "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair" |
| 63% | PABLONERUDA | 11 | Chilean poet-diplomat and politician known for his collection "Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair": 2 wds. |
| 42% | BETJEMAN | 8 | 20th C poet of A Subaltern's Love Song and Slough |
| 40% | THATSMYJAM | 10 | "I love this song!" … or a doubly apt description of 17-, 28- and 46-Across |
| 39% | HUEY | 4 | ___ Lewis and the News, a pop rock band who sang the hit song "The Power of Love" |
| 39% | THATSMYJAM | 10 | “I love this song!” . . . or a hint to the starts of 17-, 27-, 39-, and 52-Across |
| 39% | THRONES | 7 | A Song of Ice and Fire begins with A Game of __ |
| 37% | BYSSHESHELLEY | 13 | Romantic poet Percy, the writer of classic poems such as "Ozymandias", "Ode to the West Wind" and "To a Skylark": 2 wds. |
| 36% | ICE | 3 | "A Song Of ___ and Fire" |
| 36% | STEADMAN | 8 | Writer of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief, A.F. __ |
| 35% | LETITBE | 7 | Title of a Beatles song, album and movie |
| 35% | LAMENT | 6 | A poem or song of mourning |
| 35% | VERSE | 5 | Part of a song or poem |
| 35% | TSELIOT | 7 | Writer and poet, known for "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock": 3 wds. |
| 34% | EDGARALLAN | 10 | First two of a short-story writer and poet |
| 34% | PEETA | 5 | Part of a love triangle with Katniss and Gale |
| 34% | ALVIN | 5 | Brother of Simon and Theodore in a 1958 song |
| 34% | MICHELLE | 8 | Beatles song and name of a US first lady |
| 34% | SAGA | 4 | "A Song of Ice and Fire," e.g. |
| 34% | ALLISLOST | 9 | Cry of despair (and a hint to solving 17-, 26-, 38- and 52-Across |
| 34% | GENERAL | 7 | "Crippling Self-Doubt and a ___ Lack of Confidence" (Courtney Barnett song) |
| 34% | MILWARD | 7 | Richard —, author of novels Apples and Ten Storey Love Song |
| 34% | PRIMOLEVI | 9 | Italian chemist and writer of If This is a Man |
| 34% | AMAATAAIDOO | 11 | Author of “Our Sister Killjoy” and “Changes: a Love Story” |
| 34% | OOMPA | 5 | Start of a "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" song |
| 34% | SPRINGDAY | 9 | Amy Lowell poem of a "fresh-washed and fair" time |
| 34% | FAY | 3 | "The Life and Loves of a She-Devil" author Weldon |
| 34% | GRRM | 4 | "A Song of Ice and Fire" author, to fans |