| TOPOS | A stock theme, especially in a literary work |
| MOTIF | Recurring theme, especially in music (5) |
| PERIPETEIA | Unexpected turn of events, especially in a literary work |
| IMAGERY | Visually descriptive language, especially in a literary work (7) |
| TOPOI | No new option in play, they're stock themes |
| CONCORDANCE | A book that indexes the principal words in a literary work |
| ESSAY | Points to mention in a literary work (5) |
| CHEVILLE | French word for a peg of a stringed instrument; or, in a literary sense, a peg-like word, serving to fill a gap (8) |
| MIASMA | Turns over a manuscript with intent leading to a bad atmosphere, in a literary sense (6) |
| ASPERSES | Slanders, in a literary sense, local fools holding a gent up (8) |
| UNFINISHED | A French and Finnish report by writer of The Castle, the famous Kafkaesque one, in a literary sense (10) |
| THEMARCHHARE | Participant in a literary tea party |
| BOOKI | First in a literary series |
| DANTEAN | Hellish in a literary way |
| POTTER | Central character in a literary heptalogy by J K Rowling (5,6) |
| HARRY | Central character in a literary heptalogy by J K Rowling (5,6) |
| MISFORMALICE | *13th in a literary series of 26 |
| NOONTIDE | Midday, in a literary way |
| POET | One published in a literary magazine, perhaps |
| ADDENDA | Items put in a literary supplement (7) |
