| ERNESTHEMINGWAY | Book cut in Germany - win, oddly, for author |
| ECCLES | Kind of cake found in old book, cut by 50% (6) |
| WOMB | Book cut up for Baby Home (4) |
| MATTHEW | Man with his book cut - dull introduction (7) |
| TOBIT | Apocryphal book cut into pieces |
| GAP | Opening section of book cut up |
| ANNUL | Scrap book's cut-out article |
| DUSTCOVER | Part of book cuts out in coastal town |
| MOTOWN | Label seen on record books cut around the edge (6) |
| RHAPSODISTS | Blame in speech and hence criticise: task, oddly, for those who eulogise |
| CICERO | Diamonds in cargo, oddly, for Roman consul (6) |
| ECLOGUE | In the end, provocative footwear used, oddly, for pastoral work (7) |
| SEPTUAGESIMA | A game is set up, oddly, for a day in church |
| SUNDRESSES | Clothing for star has red mixed oddly for sisters (10) |
| CROPPED | Plead, oddly, for what was grown above to be cut |
| SLOVENE | Cooker in silver oddly for Balkan national (7) |
| TOMATOES | Ta to some, oddly, for the salad ingredients (8) |
| SADHU | Unhappy hour, oddly for a holy man (5) |
| CROSSWORD | Register and turn left, oddly, for game (5-4) |
| CLOCKGOLF | Register and turn left, oddly, for game (5-4) |
