| LITERATI | Men and women of letters |
| CABS | Men and women of all ages hail them |
| CLERGY | Men and women of the cloth (6) |
| USC | The Men and Women of Troy |
| WRITERS | Men or women of letters; scribes; wordsmiths; painters of lettering for shop signs; or, sellers of options (7) |
| GOODWIN | Which ceramicist created Women of Letters (July-August 2025), an exhibition at the South Coast Regional Arts Centre, part of the SA Living Artists Festival? (7) |
| EDS | Women of letters, e.g., for short |
| POSTALORDERS | Sounds like instructions to the Women of Letters for settling accounts (6,6) |
| TOQUE | It is a small, round, close-fitting hat, brimless or with a small brim, once worn by both men and women. In the 12th and 13th centuries, women wore embroidered versions, made of velvet, satin, or taff |
| SARONG | What garment, consisting of a long piece of cloth, is worn by men and women? (6) |
| EXITS | "And all the men and women merely players; / They have their ... and their entrances" (As You Like It) |
| THUMBSCREW | Torture device butchers heads of men and women indiscriminately |
| GROWNUPS | Unloaded weapon held by gangs of men and women |
| IMBIBE | Compiler likes men and women to live and drink (6) |
| LOOSEJOINTED | Agile men and women find Oriental type of cannabis for writer (5-7) |
| TUNIC | Loose, gown-like garment worn by men and women in ancient Greece and Rome |
| INVICTUSGAMES | Competitive international sports event for wounded, injured and sick service men and women taking place in Toronto this year from September 23rd to September 30th: 2 wds. |
| ARCHERY | Practiced or studied by a toxophilite, one of the first sports to include events for both men and women in the Olympic Games (7) |
| PAGRI | Turban worn by men and women in Middle East and S.Asia (5) |
| MERELYPLAYERS | Jacques in As You Like It: "All the world's a stage and all the men and women _ _ (6,7) |
