| MLA | Gp. that publishes a scholarly style manual |
| AMA | Gp. that publishes a famed journal |
| OPEC | Gp. that publishes the Monthly Oil Market Report |
| IRS | Agency that publishes a Tax Guide for Small Business: Abbr. |
| CIA | Government group that publishes a World Factbook: Abbr. |
| NSA | Org. that publishes a monthly "Headline Puzzle" |
| SLATE | Online magazine that publishes a "Dear Prudence" advice column |
| NYT | Newspaper that publishes a yearly "Super Mega" crossword, for short |
| OWL | Strigiform whose name is echoed in a word for a candle-waster, dusk, a night train, a nocturnal reveller, a scholarly look, a solemn/wise person, a tawny-black giant moth's name and, onomatopoeically, |
| STRUNKANDWHITE | Authors of a classic style manual |
| SERIALISES | Publishes a story in regular instalments (10) |
| STRUNK | White's style-manual partner |
| USAGE | Style manual matter |
| APA | Scientific style manual |
| ERASMUS | A scholarly man recapitulates after a time (7) |
| CITER | Person who makes a reference, as in a scholarly paper |
| CITATION | Reference to a source in a scholarly paper (8) |
| ACADEMY | Word for a scholarly institute derived from the public grove or garden where Plato taught; or, another name for a riding school (7) |
| PAPER | Made from the cellulose pulp of linen, mulberry, esparto or wood,a material upon which to write, draw or print, decorate walls or wrap gifts; or, a scholarly essay (5) |
| ERUDITELY | In a scholarly fashion |
