| PROTEROZOIC | Later of the two divisions of the Precambrian era (11) |
| AZOIC | Relating to the Precambrian era |
| FATCONTROLLER | The ____, title of Sir Topham Hatt in the later of The Railway Series of children's books (3,10) |
| ARCANA | Either of the two divisions of a pack of tarot cards (6) |
| MOIETY | Either of two divisions of the Yard repeatedly nailing one smuggling ring |
| SEMESTER | One of two divisions of the academic year (8) |
| MOTHERGOOSE | Imaginary author of a collection of French fairy tales and later of English nursery rhymes (6,5) |
| THEPROPHETS | Second of three major divisions of the Hebrew Bible (3,8) |
| HEMISTICH | One of two divisions of a line of verse, typically separated by a caesura (9) |
| LAUNCELOTGOBBO | Servant of Shylock and later of Bassanio in Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice (1596- 8) |
| ABIGAIL | The beautiful wife of Nabal and later of David (7) |
| HUMBLEBUMS | The ____, Scottish folk music act that included Gerry Rafferty, later of Stealers Wheel (10) |
| CALENDAR | Word for a book of accounts due on the first day of a Roman month originally, later an almanac, chart, diary or other system of divisions of the year (8) |
| OCEAN | Name, from the myth of a Titan's vast watery embrace encircling the Earth, for any one of the five vast divisions of the sea, with many an arm, bay, channel, cove, estuary or firth (5) |
| NOCTURN | In Catholicism, any of the three traditional divisions of the night office of matins, each containing a set number of psalms and lessons (7) |
| ARMINARM | Closely allied, two divisions circling home |
| ARMYCORPS | Marry cops off in at least two divisions (4,5) |
| NARVA | Omar ----ez: long-time champion in two divisions. (5) |
| SHIELD | Wide area of Precambrian rock also called the Laurentian Plateau (8,6) |
| CANADIAN | Wide area of Precambrian rock also called the Laurentian Plateau (8,6) |
