| NAKED | Collection of essays by American humorist David Sedaris (5) |
| POETRY | Literary form of essay by American author (6) |
| SEDARIS | "Happy-Go-Lucky" humorist David |
| PLANE | 2008 collection of essays by Martin Amis (3,6,5) |
| IDLER | The -; series of essays by Samuel Johnson, Joshua Reynolds and others (5) |
| SWEETANDSOUR | 1954 collection of essays by John O"Hara (5,3,4) |
| THESECOND | And 19 2008 collection of essays by Martin Amis (3,6,5) |
| ESSAY | Work by David Sedaris (5) |
| LEWIS | Surname of the 1970 collection of essays "God in the Dock" (5) |
| SKETCH | The ___ of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, collection of essays by Washington Irving first published in 1819 |
| SIGHTLINES | 2012 collection of essays by poet and nature writer Kathleen Jamie that was a Radio 4 Book of the Week |
| BOOK | The - of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent, collection of essays by Washington Irving first published in 1819 (6,4) |
| ALARMSANDDISCURSIONS | 1910 collection of essays by G K Chesterton |
| THESECONDPLANE | 2008 collection of essays by Martin Amis |
| DEFENDANT | The _: collection of essays by English author G.K. Chesterton (9) |
| DECAY | The ___ of Lying - An Observation 1891 essay by Oscar Wilde which is included in his collection of essays Intentions |
| TRIES | Essays by one in a state of rest (5) |
| ARISTOS | The ___; 1964 collection of essays by The Magus and The French Lieutenants Woman author John Fowles (7) |
| MORONIC | The ____ Inferno, collection of essays by late writer Martin Amis published in 1986 (7) |
| HUMOR | David Sedaris forte |
