| PONSFORD | Chris ___ all-round angler, guide and bailiff (*for ponds) (8) |
| DECOYS | Word for ponds into which wild ducks were enticed for capture originally, later any animals, birds, people, wooden mallards etc employed to lure others into traps (6) |
| DOM | ___ Garnett, all-round angler/ author/ West Country guide (3) |
| DES | ___ Taylor, all-round angler, angling journalist (3) |
| REINVENT | Again make up guide and express freely (8) |
| TADPOLES | Little sticks for pond life (8) |
| IMPLORER | A person who guides and motivates others (8) |
| SHEPHERD | Guide and protector |
| TERRAPIN | Turtle heading for pond in country |
| ANTIQUES | General description of old, often valuable collectables listed in any of the Miller's price guides and handbooks (8) |
| COMPASS | Course guide and firm criticism ultimately leading to success for student (7) |
| GERMANSHEPHERD | European guide and his pet (6,8) |
| MUSHROOM | A cep, champignon, chanterelle etc, often identified with a field guide and eaten by a mycophile; a pinkish-brown colour of a meadow variety; or, the gamp described in 4 Down (8) |
| WATER | - lily; with floating leaves providing shelter for pond life including frogs and newts, a flowering aquatic plant related to the sacred lotus (5) |
| LUXURYSUDAN | My guide and I began our tour in Khartoum, driving in a ___ |
| ELEMENTSOFSTYLE | With "The," classic writing guide (and this puzzle's title) |
| NARAYAN | R K ?, author of novels The Guide and The Painter of Signs (7) |
| DERANGE | Craze brings guide and ranger together, to some extent |
| CONDUCTED | Acted as guide and made people keep to time (9) |
| DIRECTRULE | No regional government to guide and lure away (6,4) |
