| INADEN | Involved in a study of a place in the Middle East (2,4) |
| BOTANY | Young male grabs first sign of this article in a study of plants (6) |
| ANTIQUARIANISM | Against joining eccentric marquis in a study of old artefacts |
| ISRAEL | and 5dn, British humorist and writer whose works include the novel Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People and the play The Melting Pot |
| BEAGLE | This top businessman, who lives in a large place in the centre of Cleeve with his three dogs, is about to get another dog, a hunting hound (6) |
| UTOPIA | Perfect place in the middle of Luton, one in quiet area |
| ANKARA | Heard newsreader has a place in the Middle East |
| HOLMES | Surname of the detective who made his debut in A Study in Scarlet, 1887 (6) |
| LYNXES | Yes, this leading naturalist has a large, ramshackle place in the middle of Wrexham, where he keeps tufted-eared cats (6) |
| JEDDAH | Had radio presenter accommodated middlemen over from place in the Middle East? |
| PODUNK | Place in the middle of nowhere |
| ZANGWILL | see 6dn, British humorist and writer whose works include the novel Children of the Ghetto: A Study of a Peculiar People and the play The Melting Pot |
| EXAMEN | A detailed study of a writer's work, etc (6) |
| ATWOOD | Writer holding court in a study regularly (6) |
| VALKYRIE | In Norse mythology, this term refers to any of a group of maidens who served the god Odin and were sent by him to the battlefields to choose the slain who were worthy of a place in Valhalla. |
| RUSKIN | Victorian art critic whose teaching collection (including his study of a kingfisher) can be viewed at the Oxford University Ashmolean Museum (6) |
| LABRAT | Rodent in a study |
| DRYDEN | Monotonous study of a poet (6) |
| ADEN | A study of a Middle East port (4) |
| LEIPZIG | The last letter I sent to my sweetheart, a GP who has a large place in the centre of Devizes, was about organising our trip to a place in Germany (7) |
