| ASTERISK | A figure of a star used in writing and printing, often to indicate omission of words or letters (8) |
| PENCIL | Graphite used in writing and drawing |
| APOSTROPHES | They are used to indicate omissions or the possessive case (11) |
| HARDCOVER | First printing, often |
| CONCRETEPOETRY | Verse with a visual element conveyed by patterns of words or letters |
| CODE | Secret system of words or letters (4) |
| SOFTBOUND | Like later printings, often |
| FELICITY | From the Latin meaning "happy", a feeling of delight or joy; a blessing; or, aptness or elegance of one's choice of words or expression (8) |
| COLOPHON | From "finishing touch", word for a historical inscription at the end of a tome, giving information about its authorship and printing; or, a publisher's emblem or imprint (8) |
| GLOSSARY | An alphabetical list of words with meanings of words or phrases that are hard to understand (8) |
| CACOLOGY | From Greek for "bad speech", a term for a poor choice of words or faulty pronunciation, aka a blunder (8) |
| ELLIPSIS | Marks used to indicate an omission of words |
| AGNUSDEI | A figure of a lamb emblematic of Christ, bearing the banner of the cross |
| ALPHABET | Set of letters used in writing (8) |
| SENTENCE | A grammatically complete string of words; or, a court's judgement (8) |
| ANAGRAMS | What are transpositions of the letters of words or sentences |
| ELLIPSES | Omissions of words that can be inferred (8) |
| RECORD | From "learn by heart, summon to mind, commit to memory", word for a chronicle, log or other account of facts in writing and one from which a fipple flute derives its name, in the sense "practise a tun |
| INDEX | Alphabetical list of subjects at the end of a book; the gnomon of a sundial; or, a figure of a point |
| ATLAS | Word for a book of maps that takes its name from the Greek Titan depicted on title pages of early such volumes; or, a figure of a man serving as an architectural column (5) |
