| ANTHOLOGY | Collection of poems or other pieces of writing (9) |
| LOCUS | A place; the position of a gene on a chromosome; or, a passage in a book or other piece of writing (5) |
| ABSTRACT | A summary of an article, book, speech or other piece of writing (8) |
| ACROSTICS | Poems or other lines of writing, certain letters of which form a word or proverb (9) |
| RECORDS | Chronicles, memoranda, minutes or other pieces of evidence about the past (7) |
| GARLAND | Wreath of plaited flowers; an anthology of poems; or, an actress who starred as Dorothy in The Wizard of Oz (7) |
| DANSE | Short poems or other set of words set to music (5) |
| SONGS | Short poems or other set of words set to music (5) |
| PRUNTS | Blackberry- or raspberry-shaped blobs of molten glass fused to a rummer, vase or other piece of glassware for decoration or grip (6) |
| PRANK | A wicked malicious act or mad frolic of the past, but a playful trick, practical joke or other piece of harmless mischief of today (5) |
| RHYME | From Greek meaning "to flow", word for a crambo; a couplet or other piece of assonant verse; a poem; a consonant Cockney phrase/idiom; or, any chime, jingle or tink (5) |
| CROCHETER | Word for a handicrafter who creates decorative textiles and other pieces by means of interlocking loops of yarn with an elongated hook (9) |
| BYHAND | Of a letter, card, invitation or other piece of mail, delivered in person rather than via the postal service (2,4) |
| SPINDLE | A turntable's central rod for holding a record; a spike used with a distaff for hand-spinning yarn; or, a baluster, chair leg or other piece of wood turned with a lathe (7) |
| CACHET | Meaning "to press", a private seal on a letter; or, a commemorative stamp on an envelope, postcard or other piece of philatelic stationery (6) |
| OPUS | A singular opera or other piece of music (4) |
| TREATISES | Formal pieces of writing (9) |
| KINGPRAWN | Rook pinned in by two other pieces?that's fishy (4,5) |
| CHESSSETS | Boards and pawns and other pieces compose them |
| FRAGMENT | From "to break", a chip, crumb, shard or other piece broken off; or, an unfinished portion or part of a conversation, novel, writing etc (8) |
