| RHYMESTERS | Met Sherry's new collection of would-be poets (10) |
| TOPES | Drinks heavily like would-be poets (5) |
| LINESMEN | Assistant referees can be poets (8) |
| LITERATURE | American volume a new collection of true stories |
| OXFORDUNIVERSITY | Steer in the direction of variety, accepting posh new collection of colleges |
| HENPARTY | Final gathering in support of would-be union member (3,5) |
| COOPBOARD | Screeners of would-be buyers |
| DISRAELI | PM given brief line in new collection of diaries (8) |
| ASHROPSHIRELAD | Shop has run out, after which Eire's lacking new collection of lines |
| COVEN | Bloke with new collection of bewitching women |
| ANDROMEDA | Add more to a new collection of stars (9) |
| REACTIONS | Answer included in new collection of corniest answers (9) |
| PRACTICAL | A cycle, appearing in new collection of clip-art, is realistic (9) |
| RANGE | Fashion bringing in new collection of styles (5) |
| ANTHOLOGY | Agony loth new collection of literature (9) |
| RHYMESTER | Would-be poet met, merry with sherry (9) |
| EXPLOITER | One making selfish use of would-be liberators imprisoned by one going out, perhaps (9) |
| SHUGBOROUGH | An unknown craftsman carved eight mysterious letters, OUOSVAVV, between two other letters, D and M, on the Shepherds' Monument in Staffordshire. Thousands of would be code breakers, including Charles |
| ELISE | Beethoven composition much loathed by the parents or carers of would-be pianists, Fur ... |
| MASEFIELD | This writer, when entering, ahead of the competition to be poet laureate |
