| SKETCHPAD | A block of plain paper upon which to make rapid or rough drawings; or, a book of literary vignettes (9) |
| ROLLS | Tubes of furled paper upon which actors' lines were written, hence a homophone for the parts played by said actors; or, miniature loaves (5) |
| INCH | Measure block of plain chocolate (4) |
| SKETCH | Preliminary or rough drawing (6) |
| CHARCOAL | Word for burned blackened wood; a briquette, fusain or stick of said carbonised matter for barbecuing or drawing; or, a very deep anthracitic grey colour representing this (8) |
| THEGREAT | Book of literary criticism by F R Leavis, named for the works of 9, 15 and 1-down and 4 (3,5,9) |
| DRAUGHTSWOMAN | Female in technical drawing or a barmaid? (13) |
| REGISTER | Range of a voice or instrument; or, a record of attendance, list of names, or a book of such entries (8) |
| POSTIL | From "after those words", a marginal note, as in a Bible; a series of these, as a commentary; a homily; or, a book of homilies/sermons (6) |
| PRINT | A moulded pat of butter; a textile with a stamped pattern of dye; a copy or reproduction of an original painting; or, a book or newspaper (5) |
| BULK | Word for the belly, body or trunk; a ship's cargo or hold; a heap of tobacco; a mass generally; the thickness of paper or a book; the greater part; or, dietary fibre/roughage in food (4) |
| PEERAGE | The dignity, rank or title of a noble; lords and ladies collectively; or, a book of the genealogy and history of said aristocracy (7) |
| THESAURUS | From "storehouse, treasure", a dictionary, encyclopaedia or lexicon; a treasury; or, a book of systematically arranged lists of words and their synonyms/antonyms (9) |
| LEDGER | Word for a tome permanently lying in one place originally, later a horizontal timber or scaffold pole; a flat slab; or, a book of accounts (6) |
| GRADUS | Dictionary of Latin or Greek prosody; or, a book of etudes arranged in order of increasing difficulty (6) |
| TUTOR | Word for a guardian originally, later a private coach, instructor or mentor; or, a book of instructions (5) |
| CHUTE | A rapid or waterfall; a slide into a swimming-pool; a log flume; or, an informal word for a canopy providing air resistance during a jump (5) |
| COMIC | From the Greek for "revel", a quality that arouses laughter or mirth; a humorist, joker or wit; or, a book or magazine with a series of funnies accompanied by fumetti (5) |
| COURSE | The headwaters of a stream or river; or, a book or article used to provide evidence (6) |
| ATLAS | A small moon of Saturn or a book of maps it could appear in |
