| IVOR | One very short book about, as an alternative, old songwriter (4,7) |
| NOVELLO | One very short book about, as an alternative, old songwriter (4,7) |
| IVORNOVELLO | One very short book, look, about men who composed songs |
| VOLCANO | Short book about a Conservative raised in St Helens? |
| ABBREVIATED | Short books about splitting up piloted |
| SPARTAN | Traps an alternative old Greek |
| ODD | Alternative old ode is weird (3) |
| FOURLEAF | Lucky type in the field - or a very short book? (4,4) |
| ADVERB | Plug very short book remorselessly, for instance (6) |
| VERB | Part of speech in very short book (4) |
| JOEL | Line added to US soldier's very short book |
| AMOS | A very short book |
| ACTEDON | Did something about, as an informant's tip |
| CAPER | Prance about as an illegal activity? (5) |
| MECCANO | Can come about as an engineering toy (7) |
| ANDREW | 20's poet depicted ruin in one very short measure (6,7) |
| FIVEPOUNDNOTE | Start register, including one very short record, a money item |
| ANDREWMARVELL | 20's poet depicted ruin in one very short measure |
| IVY | One very short of contents, but the clinging type (3) |
| MARVELL | 20's poet depicted ruin in one very short measure (6,7) |
