| PAMPHLET | Power the lamp arranged for small book |
| LIBRETTO | From the Italian word for "little book", what is the text of an opera? (8) |
| LIBEL | Word from the Latin for "little book" |
| PLAYDATES | Meet-ups arranged for little ones to get together (9) |
| IMPERIUM | Institute silence about being with special power, the power to command (8) |
| DETHRONE | Remove from power the corrupted king in socially acceptable circumstances (8) |
| SPREADER | Page in small book shows butter knife, for example (8) |
| DAMOCLES | Perils of power: "The Sword of ___" |
| COSTELLO | Elvis - played himself in Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (8) |
| ABINITIO | Are small book stores in on it from the beginning? |
| BASSISTS | Small book helps string players (8) |
| CONTENTS | Satisfied with small book's list of chapters (8) |
| BEARHUGS | Holds small book up containing Listener and unfinished Jumbo |
| SPRINTER | Small book producer, one doing a run |
| BROCHURE | Booklet, little book on fish gutted alongside river (8) |
| LOVEKNOT | Send over small book token, perhaps, as an emblem of affection (4,4) |
| LIBELLUM | A little book (acc); “cui dono lepidum novum ____?” Catullus 1.1 |
| DJ | The 1A maker who plays the songs that power the party |
| MANUAL | Word, from "hand", for a small book for handy use; or, a keyboard of an organ, operated with the hands, as opposed to a pedal, with the feet (6) |
| STEAM | Vapour used to power the Mallard, Stephenson's Rocket, the Orient Express or the Flying Scotsman (5) |