Possible Clues:

• England’s first poet laureate
• “Absalom and Achitophel” poet
• Deal with dampness in study for old poet
• John —, English poet and playwright
• John __, Restoration author of Marriage à la Mode (1673)
• Poet makes boring study
• Poet’s key lines needing study
• Writer could be boring study
• First poet laureate
• Poet in dreary study