| FLOODLIT | Line in cookery books, maybe, was intensely illuminating (8) |
| OUNCE | Imperial unit sometimes given along with metric in cookery books (5) |
| APOCRYPHA | Fresh approach covering the ultimate in cookery books (9) |
| RADIUM | Element named so because it was intensely radioactive (6) |
| SEETHED | Boiled; was intensely angry |
| APPETITE | Cookery book by Nigel Slater (8) |
| TURNOVER | Get to the next page in the cookery book? (4,4) |
| TALKSHOW | Place to plug a new book, maybe |
| RELOANED | Like a popular library book, maybe |
| ONEISFUN | Cookery book by Delia Smith (3,2,3) |
| ASPIC | A small little picture seen in cookery book (5) |
| BYRE | Where cows may be written about in cookery book |
| SPITTOON | Spot on it? Maybe was not used properly (8) |
| SOPRANI | Voices in favour, maybe - was a newspaper editor following? |
| ODYSSEY | Word in the titles of several cookery books by Rick Stein (7) |
| ESSAYTEST | Event requiring blue books, maybe |
| EYESTRAIN | Result of reading old books, maybe |
| COLLECTORSITEMS | Pass reader to locate manuscript and old books maybe? (10,5) |
| GEEKY | Really into computers and comic books maybe |
| ROBINSONCRUSOE | Hero in book, maybe Hood succeeded on tortuous course (8,6) |
