| HITTHESPOT | Collection of books written after success, actor did very nicely (3,3,4) |
| OLDTESTAMENT | Collection of books written from approximately 1200BC to 100BC |
| YEARDOT | Books written after novel ready - long time ago (4,3) |
| ADRIANMOLE | Diarist protagonist of a series of books written by Sue Townsend (6,4) |
| ROYALFLUSH | Fortunate hand dealt, prince for example doing very nicely (5,5) |
| TICKEDOVER | Did very little as American lunged, piercing heart |
| LOOKSSMART | Dresses very nicely |
| NOTATIONAL | Books written in Chinese, possibly about special symbols |
| HITTHEROOF | See red article, jumper put on fellow after success (3,3,4) |
| POSTSCRIPT | Note written after the writer's signature (10) |
| GRAYSELEGY | Poem - one is written after hearing what cattle do (5,5) |
| ATTRACTIVE | Lovely essay I have written after a time (10) |
| IMEDNOVELS | Books written entirely in chat rooms? |
| ENTIRE | Complete set of books written in the country |
| COVENANT | Agreement in a set of books written by witches |
| HEIRESS | She succeeds very nicely in Ireland, going on steamship after the end of March (7) |
| TRANSONIC | Tail of aircraft worked very nicely, shortening by 50% around Mach 1 |
| TOOKAPART | Broke down, as the actor did for some income? (4,5) |
| FELLTHROUGH | What actor did with trapdoor came to nothing (4,7) |
| MISCAST | As the actor did who was wrong playing the pitcher? (7) |
