| QUARTOS | Books, the sheets of which have been folded into four leaves (7) |
| STETSON | Hat made so tents can be folded into it (7) |
| QUARTO | From the Latin for "one fourth", word for paper folded into four leaves (eight pages); or, a book of that size (6) |
| COLLATE | To examine the sheets of a book before binding |
| HEMS | The finished edges of garments or drapery which have been folded or rolled under and sewn down (4) |
| OCTAVOS | Books in which each sheet of paper is folded into eight leaves |
| BEGONIA | Genus of plants from warm climates, the flowers of which have brightly coloured sepals but no petals; in the UK they are mainly houseplants or summer bedding (7) |
| DAWKINS | Richard ?, Kenya-born author of books The Selfish Gene and The God Delusion (7) |
| DRABBLE | Dame Margaret --, English author of 1960s books The Waterfall and The Millstone (7) |
| VOLCANO | Where you'd be lucky to find four leaves (- er, no!) climbing conical hill (7) |
| COTERIE | Exclusive set of Biblical books the Virgin queen stored in church (7) |
| SOUFFLE | Baked dish of beaten egg whites and yolk folded into chocolate, cheese, lemon, fruit puree or smoked salmon sauce (7) |
| PLEATED | New style of pet lead can be folded (7) |
| AQUIVER | A brief question about 4 leaves you trembling (7) |
| EXECUTE | Carry out top manager after four leave (7) |
| ANNUALS | Books the plants one sows every year (7) |
| DIGESTS | Abbreviated books the body deals with like food (7) |
| SOFABED | Very wonderful edition, which can be folded (4,3) |
| ACTIONS | So it can be folded for cases (7) |
| ANNCLEEVES | Which crime writer wrote the Vera Stanhope, Jimmy Perez and Matthew Venn series, all of which have been adapted to TV programs as Vera (from 2011), Shetland (from 2013) and The Long Call (2021)? (3,7) |
