| HAGIOGRAPHY | Act or process of chronicling the lives of saints (11) |
| HAGIOGRAPHIST | One who writes about lives of saints |
| FORSYTESAGA | The --- ---, series of novels by John Galsworthy chronicling the lives of a British family (7,4) |
| POWELL | Author of Dance To The Music Of Time, a 12-novel sequence chronicling the lives of around 300 characters (6) |
| REFORM | The act or process of improving or correcting an institution, practice, system etc; or, the betterment of a behaviour by giving up a vice (6) |
| PENCILSDOWN | Wittily named 2014 documentary chronicling the most recent Writers Guild strike, in 2007-08 |
| WILBUR | ____ Smith, Zambian-born author noted for his novels chronicling the lives of the Courtney family (6) |
| COPS | American docu-series chronicling the lives of law enforcement officials since 2021 (4) |
| PROBATE | The act or process of officially proving the authenticity and validity of a will |
| UPKEEP | Running costs; or, the act or process of maintaining something in a state of good repair (6) |
| LIMITATION | The act or process of bringing or contesting a legal action in court (10) |
| IGNITION | Word for the act or process of lighting a fire or for activating combustion in an IC engine (8) |
| CONSECRATION | The act or process of making holy (12) |
| VARIATION | The act or process of changing (9) |
| ADHESION | The act or process of sticking (8) |
| NARRATION | The act or process of telling a story (9) |
| RECOVERY | Act or process of "getting back" one's health, wealth or other thing (8) |
| ROMANFLEUVE | Work(s) of fiction chronicling a family across successive generations; French, 'stream novel' (5-6) |
| INLAY | Printed card or booklet attached to the case of a CD, DVD or cassette; or, the technique or process of boulle or marquetry (5) |
| LUCY | Name of the youngest of the four Pevensie siblings in C S Lewis's books chronicling the land of Narnia (4) |
