| ANTHOLOGY | Compendium of writings |
| BESTIARY | Richly-illustrated type of compendium of real or fabled animals; a characteristic product of medieval England (8) |
| BACON | Philosopher "Doctor Mirabilis" whose 13th century compendium of the sciences of his time titled Opus Majus describes gunpowder and the magnifying properties of lenses (5) |
| DIGEST | Compact journal or magazine consisting of abridged news articles, literary extracts etc; or, the Justinian compendium of Roman law, also called the Pandects (6) |
| ISIDORE | Said to have "known everything", archbishop of Seville who compiled the vast compendium of knowledge Etymologies, covering subjects from canon law to cookery utensils (7) |
| COOKERYBOOK | With numerous examples including Apicius, The English Huswife, The Forme of Cury, Good Things in England and Larousse Gastronomique, any compendium of recipes and handy culinary tips (7,4) |
| ERRATA | Compendium of mistakes |
| ALMANAC | Annual compendium of information (7) |
| REFERENCEBOOK | Published compendium of information (9,4) |
| PHOTOALBUM | Compendium of Kodak moments |
| ENCYCLOPAEDIA | Compendium of knowledge (13) |
| WIKIQUOTE | User-edited online compendium of notable snippets |
| LAWBOOK | Compendium of case reports |
| ATLAS | Compendium of maps |
| WHOSWHO | Annual compendium of noteworthy and influential people (4,3) |
| LIST | Naughty ___, Santa's compendium of children who've been misbehaving (4) |
| DEBRETTSPEERAGE | Compendium of British noble families, first published in 1769 (8,7) |
| PTOLEMY | Greek astronomer whose book Almagest is an important compendium of pre 16th centuryastronomy (7) |
| ENCYCLOPEDIA | Reference work which is a compendium of knowledge (12) |
| SUTRA | Group of writings which include the sermons of Buddha (5) |
