| ANTHROPOLOGIST | Humanity student losing marks in play penned by literary collector |
| DEFACTO | Part of play penned by 17-18c author mostly unofficially (2,5) |
| NOBALL | Extra cost of overstepping the mark in play (2,4) |
| SWEET | Student, losing heart, gaining little in later course (5) |
| TERRACE | Houses joined in contest after school period, losing marks |
| FOR | In favour of class losing marks |
| TEACHER | Could this one have every individual in term losing marks? |
| CHICKLIT | 16A 12A in which yokel is seduced by literary companion (5,3) |
| CURSE | Vulgarity often rejected by editor, to be replaced by literary stars? (5) |
| EARNER | Student losing head deserves what he gets (6) |
| GLEANER | Good student losing heart, one gathers (7) |
| TEABAGS | Side losing marks a lot - they're soon out of the cup (3,4) |
| UTTER | Speak indistinctly, losing marks at first, say |
| LIMIT | This writer's restricted by literary boundary (5) |
| ABOLISHER | A throwback by literary cameraman chopping wood - one wielding axe (9) |
| JEKYLL | Rotten tree dug around river by literary doctor's gardener (8,6) |
| GERTRUDE | Rotten tree dug around river by literary doctor's gardener (8,6) |
| AUTHORSHIP | Hair shot up, affected by literary origin (10) |
| SATIRE | Tries a novel by literary spoof (6) |
| SWIFTLET | High-flyer once hindered by literary dean |
