| REBIND | Fix the spine of, as a book |
| REBINDS | Fixes the spine of, as a book |
| SUMMARY | Brief description of, as a book report |
| RIB | Any one of the curved pieces of wood forming the sides of a violin or the body of a lute; ornamental band on the spine of a book; or, an arch separating the webs of a vault (3) |
| HEADBAND | A decorative strip of coloured silk attached to the top of the spine of a hardback book; or, a hair accessory, such as a fillet or the example named after Lewis Carroll's heroine Alice (8) |
| JAVA | A chain of volcanic mountains forms the spine of this Indonesian island which lies west of Bali |
| RIDGE | From Old English for "spine, crest" and Dutch for "back", a long narrow hilltop or mountain range; or, the spine of a whale or other animal (5) |
| TITLE | What often appears on the spine of a book |
| DOYLE | Name on the spine of "A Study in Scarlet" |
| ANDES | Mountains forming the spine of South America (5) |
| BACKISSUES | Trouble with the spine of outdated magazines (4,6) |
| PRICKLES | Thorns; groups of hedgehogs; or, the spines of said animals (8) |
| SHARP | Like the spines of a cactus |
| KEELS | The spines of ships or backbones of boats, but also their undoings (5) |
| GROSGRAIN | Ribbon used for hatbands, reinforcing the spines of books, trimming clothes or making bows (9) |
| WORK | Energy transfer measured in joules; a creation such as a book, musical composition or piece of embroidery, sewing etc; or, a structure such as a wall, built as part of a fortification (4) |
| QUILL | Feather used as a pen; spine of a hedgehog; or, a roll of cinnamon bark (5) |
| SWATCH | Small sample of carpet, cloth or wallpaper; a number of said testers bound as a book; a computer's palette of active colours; or, a spot of ink for matching during printing (6) |
| NEEDLE | An implement forming what is collectively described as "notions" with other haberdashery goods; a spine of a sea urchin; an obelisk; or, a fine spike used for acupuncture (6) |
| BACK | Spine of a book or one's body (4) |
