| ESCAPOLOGY | A risky study from The Book of Houdini for those locked inside? (10) |
| ETUDE | A musical practice study from the final duet pieces |
| DAPPER | Smart and very quietly absorbed in study from the east (6) |
| ESCAPIST | What was the profession of Houdini (8) |
| PENPALS | Friends who correspond with those locked up together (3,4) |
| INTIMATES | Friends, those locked up, holding it back (9) |
| PITCHBLACK | Unlit ground, with footballer initially locked inside |
| UNTO | "For ___ us a child is born" (line from the Book of Isaiah) |
| INN | ... no room for them in the ___ (line from the Book of Luke) |
| EPIC | The picture from the book, or the book from the picture (4) |
| PHATTER | "Tomorrow's a doper, ___ latter day" (lyric from "The Book of Mormon") |
| RILKE | German poet and author of Poems From The Book Of Hours, Rainer Maria ... |
| CHRIS | _ Rock, star of Spiral: From The Book Of Saw (5) |
| NOD | Land of _, sleepy place from the Book of Genesis? (3) |
| MEEK | Blessed are the ___ (quote from the Book of Matthew) |
| PASSAGES | The extracts from the book tell of a herb growing in the way (8) |
| GOD | And ___ said Let there be light (line from the Book of Genesis) |
| BEHEMOTH | An extremely large and powerful entity, from the Book of Job (8) |
| IRON | "As ___ sharpens ___, so one person sharpens another" (quote from the Book of Proverbs) |
| CLOSET | An old word for a small private room for prayer or study from which a verb meaning to keep something hidden or secret derives |
