| ROMANTASY | Portmanteau for a "genre of swords and soulmates," per the Guardian |
| HIPBELT | Bearer of sword and its handle is about to live quietly (3-4) |
| DUPIN | Edgar Allan Poe's fictional detective that served as a prototype for a genre of investigators, C Aug |
| ROMCOM | Informal name for a genre of film commonly made by Richard Curtis (6) |
| RAP | Average returns for a genre of music (3) |
| CAMPUS | From the Latin for "field", the grounds and buildings of a college or university; the academic world; or, a genre of novel depicting this (6) |
| TAROTCARDS | The Ace of Cups and the Ten of Swords, for two |
| TAROT | Set of fortune-telling cards with cups, coins, swords and wands as suits and trumps including the Sun, the Moon, the Star and Strength (5) |
| ROCK | Informal word for a diamond; seaside confectionery in the form of a mintflavour stick; or, a genre of music (4) |
| CUPS | One of the four suits comprising the Minor Arcana of a tarot deck, along with Wands, Swords and Pentacles (4) |
| SWISHES | The sound of swords coming from West Indian girl in the ship (7) |
| HIPHOP | A genre of music characterised by a strong, rhythmic beat and a rapping vocal track (3,3) |
| GRUNGE | A word for grime or gunk; or, a genre of rock music with so-called dirty sounds and gritty vocals (6) |
| CELESBIAN | Portmanteau for a famous woman who has come out of the closet |
| NOIR | A genre of crime fiction - or a description of 17 7? (4) |
| CALYPSO | A Greek nymph and a genre of Trinidadian music (7) |
| SCIFI | Shortened name of a genre of literature and film with futuristic themes (3-2) |
| ALLBLUES | Miles Davis song named for a genre |
| MINORARCANA | Fifty-six suit cards of a tarot deck, comprising the Wands, Cups, Swords and Pentacles (5,6) |
| AFRAID | "I see these witches are ____ of swords" (Comedy of Errors) |
