| Clue | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Poet who defended writing in the vernacular in "De Vulgari Eloquentia" | Wall Street Journal | 23 Jul 2025 |
| Italian poet chiefly remembered for the threepart epic poem The Divine Comedy (c. 1309- 20) (5,9) | ||
| Rage in The Iliad distressed divinely comedic writer! | The Telegraph Toughie | 02 May 2023 |
| Poet, reading the Iliad, mostly stunned | The Guardian Cryptic | 22 Oct 2021 |
| Rage in The Iliad troubled influential writer | The Times Cryptic | 14 Jul 2017 |
| Creator of 30-/35-Across | ||
| "The Divine Comedy" author |