| ROMANCALENDAR | Almost everything in book and novel runs an old dated system? (5,8) |
| EDITION | Particular form of a book and novel I noted about India (7) |
| RAVIOLI | Runs an old instrument, one making pasta |
| PRESTERJOHN | Novel runs into trouble, depressing its author |
| BALLS | Everything in books gives courage (5) |
| HAIG | Author of The Comfort Book and novels including How to Stop Time and The Midnight Library (4) |
| GALOP | Be heard to run an old-time dance (5) |
| PERSIA | Aspire to run an old empire (6) |
| HOMESWEETHOME | Overhead display by ancient dons' squalid house, little inside extremely significant in book and song (8,6,2,3,8,4,4,5,4,2,2) |
| GRANDNATIONAL | The old nag, it ran an awful race (5,8) |
| PERCYBLAKENEY | The Scarlet Pimpernel, in Baroness Orczy's classic play and novel |
| THEWHITEGUARD | Mikhail Bulgakov's play and novel set in post-revolutionary Kyiv (3,5,5) |
| WATERSHIPDOWN | Dilutes what's trendy and novel |
| JOBLOT | Line in book and where it's found in miscellany |
| FLOREAL | Leader of France learning almost everything in a month in France (7) |
| MOE | In The Simpsons (from 1989), which down-on-his-luck bartender runs an eponymous bar frequented by Homer and the others, and whose voice is played by Hank Azaria? (3) |
| BABYHOOD | Beginning of life depicted in book and article by poet |
| BRUMMIE | Odd note put in book and article finally for a big city resident (7) |
| MISSAL | Fail to appreciate almost everything in religious book |
| SALON | Lad has invested almost everything in hairdressing shop (5) |
