| ILLUSTRATOR | Artist for a book |
| INKER | Artist for a comic book |
| ERA | Source for established artist for a very long time (3) |
| CHIMERA | Ring artist for a wild fancy |
| ARTIFICI | To an artist, for a master maker |
| TOKEN | A sign or symbol; a coin-like disc used as a substitute for money in a slot machine; a memento; or, a voucher exchanged for a book (5) |
| YEARS | Sign of approval -- to host retired artist for a long time (5) |
| ELECTRA | Pick the artist for a play by Sophocles (7) |
| CANDIDCAMERA | Frank turned up with artist for a TV comedy show (6,6) |
| PLUG | Bung for a basin or bath; a seedling grown in a cell of a tray; blurb for a book, film etc; or, a volcanic neck (4) |
| ALBUM | A pound's a reduced sum for a book (5) |
| ATLAS | Word for a book or collection of maps that was coined by geographer and cartographer Gerardus Mercator as a tribute to a Titan of the same name (5) |
| REST | A pause; an interval of silence; or, a support for a book, cue, telephone receiver, violinist's chin etc (4) |
| HEBREWS | A man prepares leaves for a book |
| STYLE | - guide; general name for a book of editing and formatting standards for editors, printers, publishers etc (5) |
| BUCKRAM | N.B.A. and N.F.L. players combined material for a book (7) |
| BLURB | Term coined by U.S. humorist Gelett Burgess to denote a publisher's praise for a book (5) |
| CALENDAR | Word for a book of accounts due on the first day of a Roman month originally, later an almanac, chart, diary or other system of divisions of the year (8) |
| RECIT | French literary term for a book's narrative, as opposed to its dialogue; the novel consisting largely of such an account; or, in music, a swell organ (5) |
| DUSTJACKET | Protection for a book |
